epithelioma
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of epithelioma
First recorded in 1870–75; epitheli(um) + -oma
Example Sentences
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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
From tubercular leprosy, epithelioma and lupus vulgaris, especially the last-named.
From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Stelwagon, Henry Weightman
The practical importance of the condition is that, as the foliate papilla is prominent and red, it is liable to be mistaken on superficial examination for a commencing epithelioma.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
Describe the clinical appearances and course of the papillomatous variety of epithelioma.
From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Stelwagon, Henry Weightman
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