lipoma
[li-poh-muh, lahy-]
- a benign tumor consisting of fat tissue.
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Origin of lipoma
Also called fatty tumor.
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On April 5th, three weeks after the osteotomy, a lipoma was removed from another patient aged twenty-one years.
A lipoma, or fatty tumor, in the subcutaneous tissue, may go on increasing to huge bulk while the body is steadily emaciating.
Special Report on Diseases of CattleU.S. Department of Agriculture
The pure myxoma is extremely rare, and clinically resembles the lipoma.
Manual of SurgeryAlexis Thomson and Alexander Miles
lipoma
- pathol a benign tumour composed of fatty tissue
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Word Origin
C19: New Latin
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lipoma
(lĭ-pō′mə, lī-)- A benign tumor composed chiefly of fat cells.
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