lipoma

[ li-poh-muh, lahy- ]

/ lɪˈpoʊ mə, laɪ- /

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noun, plural li·po·mas, li·po·ma·ta

[li-poh-muh-tuh, lahy-]. /lɪˈpoʊ mə tə, laɪ-/. Pathology.

a benign tumor consisting of fat tissue.

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Also called fatty tumor.

Origin of lipoma

From New Latin, dating back to 1820–30; see origin at lip-, -oma

OTHER WORDS FROM lipoma

li·pom·a·tous

[li-pom-uh-tuhs, -poh-muh-, lahy-], /lɪˈpɒm ə təs, -ˈpoʊ mə-, laɪ-/, adjective

Words nearby lipoma

lipoidemia, lipoid granuloma, lipoid nephrosis, lipoidosis, lipolysis, lipoma, lipoma sarcomatodes, lipomatoid, lipomatosis, lipomatous, lipomatous infiltration

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How to use lipoma in a sentence

There may be an overgrowth of the fatty fringes of the synovial sheath, a condition described as “arborescent lipoma.”
Manual of Surgery|Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles
When the fatty fringes are developed to an exaggerated degree, the condition is described as an arborescent lipoma (Fig. 159).
Manual of Surgery|Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles
On April 5th, three weeks after the osteotomy, a lipoma was removed from another patient aged twenty-one years.
A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I|Various
The term lipoma nasi, formerly employed, is therefore misleading.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition.|Alexander Miles

The circumscribed lipoma usually occurs over the nape of the neck or in the supra-clavicular region.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition.|Alexander Miles

British Dictionary definitions for lipoma

lipoma

/ (lɪˈpəʊmə) /

noun plural -mas or -mata (-mətə)

pathol a benign tumour composed of fatty tissue

Derived forms of lipoma

lipomatous (lɪˈpɒmətəs), adjective

Word Origin for lipoma

C19: New Latin

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Medical definitions for lipoma

lipoma

[ lĭ-pō′mə, lī- ]

n. pl. li•po•mas

A benign tumor composed chiefly of fat cells.