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glomus tumor

n.

A painful tumor composed of specialized pericytes that are usually arranged in single encapsulated nodular masses that occur almost exclusively in the skin.angiomyoneuroma angioneuromyoma glomangioma

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Nearby words

  1. glomma,
  2. glomus,
  3. glomus choroideum,
  4. glomus jugulare,
  5. glomus jugulare tumor,
  6. gloom,
  7. gloom and doom,
  8. glooms,
  9. gloomy,
  10. gloop
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