dermoid

American  

[dur-moid] / ˈdɜr mɔɪd /

adjective

1. skinlike; dermatoid.

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dermoid British  

/ ˈdɜːmɔɪd /

adjective

1. of or resembling skin

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noun

1. a congenital cystic tumour whose walls are lined with epithelium

Etymology

Origin of dermoid

First recorded in 1810–20; derm- + -oid

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Example Sentences

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dermoid

The literature of dermoid cysts is full of accounts of puzzling tumours met with in all sorts of situations.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson

Duyse reports the history of a case of labor during which a rectal dermoid was expelled.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle

A sebaceous cyst may reach such dimensions as to simulate a dermoid or thyreo-glossal cyst.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles

It may follow the rupture of ovarian or dermoid cysts, rupture of the uterus, extra uterine pregnancy or extension from pyosalpinx.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various

Nearly every medical museum has preserved specimens of dermoid cysts, and almost all physicians are well acquainted with their occurrence.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle

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