adenoma

[ ad-n-oh-muh ]

/ ˌæd nˈoʊ mə /

noun, plural ad·e·no·mas, ad·e·no·ma·ta [ad-n-oh-muh-tuh] /ˌæd nˈoʊ mə tə/. Pathology.

a benign tumor originating in a secretory gland.

a benign tumor of glandlike structure.

Words nearby adenoma

adenolipomatosis, adenology, adenolymphocele, adenolymphoma, adenolysis, adenoma, adenoma sebaceum, adenomatoid, adenomatoid tumor, adenomatosis, adenomatous

Origin of adenoma

From New Latin, dating back to 1865–70; see origin at aden-, -oma

OTHER WORDS FROM adenoma

ad·e·nom·a·tous

[ad-n-om-uh-tuh s, -oh-muh-] /ˌæd nˈɒm ə təs, -ˈoʊ mə-/, adjective

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Examples from the Web for adenoma

The innocent forms are the papilloma and the adenoma; the malignant, the carcinoma or cancer.
Manual of Surgery|Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles
As it resembles an adenoma in structure it is sometimes described as a malignant adenoma.
Manual of Surgery|Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles

British Dictionary definitions for adenoma

adenoma

/ (ˌædɪˈnəʊmə) /

noun plural -mas or -mata (-mətə)

a tumour, usually benign, occurring in glandular tissue

a tumour having a glandlike structure

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Medicine definitions for adenoma

adenoma

[ ăd′n-ō′mə ]

n. pl. ad•e•no•mas

A benign epithelial tumor having a glandular origin and structure.