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.
Nearby words
- lipoid nephrosis,
- lipoidemia,
- lipoidosis,
- lipolitic,
- lipolysis,
- lipoma sarcomatodes,
- lipomatoid,
- lipomatosis,
- lipomatous,
- lipomatous infiltration
Origin of lipoma
Also called fatty tumor.
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Examples from the Web for lipoma
On April 5th, three weeks after the osteotomy, a lipoma was removed from another patient aged twenty-one years.
The pure myxoma is extremely rare, and clinically resembles the lipoma.
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lipoma
/ (lɪˈpəʊmə) /
noun plural -mas or -mata (-mətə)
pathol a benign tumour composed of fatty tissue
Word Origin for lipoma
C19: New Latin
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lipoma
"fatty tumor" (plural lipomata), 1830, medical Latin, from Greek lipos "fat" (n.), see lipo-, + -oma.
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lipoma
[ lĭ-pō′mə, lī- ]
n. pl. li•po•mas
A benign tumor composed chiefly of fat cells.
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