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lipoma

[ li-poh-muh, lahy- ]

noun

, Pathology.
, plural li·po·mas, li·po·ma·ta [li-, poh, -m, uh, -t, uh, lahy-].
  1. a benign tumor consisting of fat tissue.


lipoma

/ lɪˈpɒmətəs; lɪˈpəʊmə /

noun

  1. pathol a benign tumour composed of fatty tissue
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • lipomatous, adjective
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Other Words From

  • li·pom·a·tous [li-, pom, -, uh, -t, uh, s, -, poh, -m, uh, -, lahy-], adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of lipoma1

From New Latin, dating back to 1820–30; lip-, -oma
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Word History and Origins

Origin of lipoma1

C19: New Latin
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Example Sentences

There may be an overgrowth of the fatty fringes of the synovial sheath, a condition described as “arborescent lipoma.”

When the fatty fringes are developed to an exaggerated degree, the condition is described as an arborescent lipoma (Fig. 159).

On April 5th, three weeks after the osteotomy, a lipoma was removed from another patient aged twenty-one years.

The term lipoma nasi, formerly employed, is therefore misleading.

The circumscribed lipoma usually occurs over the nape of the neck or in the supra-clavicular region.

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