adenoma
Americannoun
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a benign tumor originating in a secretory gland.
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a benign tumor of glandlike structure.
noun
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a tumour, usually benign, occurring in glandular tissue
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a tumour having a glandlike structure
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Origin of adenoma
From New Latin, dating back to 1865–70; see origin at aden-, -oma
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She was initially told that, to remove the pleomorphic adenoma, surgeons would have to cut out her largest salivary gland, which contains the facial nerve.
From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2024
The specimen, a tubular adenoma, was similar to one removed from Biden in 2008, Dr. Kevin C. O’Connor, physician to the president, wrote in a memo released Wednesday by the White House.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 24, 2021
For conventional adenomas, high-grade dysplasia is related to larger adenoma size and a villous component and is an important risk factor for metastasizing cancer.
From Nature ● Sep. 18, 2013
Although the tissue samples proved benign, doctors concluded the polyp was a villous adenoma, so called because of the villi, or finger-like projections visible under a microscope.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is to be noted that there are no toxic symptoms in cystic adenoma.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
The study also suggests that serrated polyps may develop into cancer more quickly than adenomas.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 13, 2026
Colorectal tumors can arise from two types of pre-cancerous polyps: conventional adenomas and serrated adenomas.
From Science Daily ● May 29, 2024
Researchers recruited 2,259 patients who had had adenomas — benign tumors of the colon or rectum — removed during a colonoscopy.
From New York Times ● Oct. 27, 2015
All participants had recently had precancerous colon polyps, also called adenomas, removed from their colon.
From US News ● Oct. 14, 2015
Adenoma of the Thyreoid.—In this condition the swelling of the thyreoid is due to the growth within its substance of one or more adenomas of variable size and surrounded by a capsule.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
These primary growths include primary papillomata and fibromata as the most frequent, aberrant thyroid, lipomata, adenomata, granulomata and amyloid tumors.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier
Cases of retention, epithelial and dermoid cysts have been observed; and there are isolated reports of the finding of papillomata, fibromata, lipomata, myomata and adenomata.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier
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