epithelioma
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Origin of epithelioma
First recorded in 1870–75; epitheli(um) + -oma
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There is even a kind of growth, calicoblastic epithelioma, occurring among colonies of corals.
From New York Times • Jul. 27, 2015
Nancy Reagan, 61, after a small growth on her upper lip was excised and diagnosed as basal-cell epithelioma, a curable form of skin cancer.
From Time Magazine Archive
Large, flat papillomas or warts may be single or multiple; they are of slow growth, and as they may also become the starting-point of epithelioma, they should be removed.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
An unbroken gumma is liable to be confused only with the uncommon form of epithelioma which begins as a nodule under the mucous membrane.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
We have met with a case of paraffin epithelioma on the neck, and a similar type of epithelioma may be met with in a lupus or a burn of long standing.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
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