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A tumor consisting of fatty tissue
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lipoma
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A lipoma is a benign tumor composed of adipose tissue (body fat). It is the most common benign form of soft tissue tumor. Lipomas are soft to the touch, usually movable, and are generally painless. Many lipomas are small (under one centimeter diameter) ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"fatty tumor" (plural lipomata ), 1830, medical Latin, from Greek lipos "fat" (n.), see lipo- , + -oma .
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lipoma \Li*po"ma\ (l[i^]*p[=o]"m[.a]), n. [NL., from Gr. li`pos fat + -oma.] (Med.) A tumor consisting of fat or adipose tissue. -- Li*pom"a*tous (-p[o^]m"[.a]*t[u^]s), a.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a tumor consisting of fatty tissue [syn: adipose tumor ] [also: lipomata (pl)]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context pathology English) A nonmalignant tumor comprising fat cells.
Usage examples of lipoma.
Circumscribed lipoma appears as a lobulated soft tumor, more or less movable, lying beneath the skin.
Chipault mentions a case of lipoma of the parietal region, observed by Rotter.
Ryan had once come across a crude book that dealt with the range of disorders that ravaged scabbies: dermoid cysts, rodent ulcers, keloids, lipomata, epitheliomata, acne, psoriasis and all manner of unnamed rashes.
Ryan had once come across a crude book that dealt with the range of disorders that ravaged scabbies dermoid cysts, rodent ulcers, keloids, lipomata, epitheliomata, acne, psoriasis and all manner of unnamed rashes.