fatty tumor
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of fatty tumor
First recorded in 1795–1805
Example Sentences
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“She actually asked you to inspect a fatty tumor she wanted removed?”
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2021
Black reports a remarkable case of fatty tumor in a child one year and five months old which filled the whole abdominal cavity, weighing nine pounds and two ounces.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
A lipoma, or fatty tumor, in the subcutaneous tissue, may go on increasing to huge bulk while the body is steadily emaciating.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
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