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Benign tumor
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adenoma
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a benign epithelial tumor of glandular origin [also: adenomata (pl)]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Adenoma \Ad`e*no"ma\, n.; L. pl. -mata . [NL.; adeno- + -oma.] (Med.) A benign tumor of a glandlike structure; morbid enlargement of a gland. -- Ad`e*nom"a*tous , a.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context pathology English) A benign tumour of the epithelium arising from or resembling a gland.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
An adenoma (from Greek αδένας, adeno- , "gland" + -ώμα, -oma , "tumor") (; plural adenomas or adenomata ) is a benign tumor of epithelial tissue with glandular origin, glandular characteristics, or both. Adenomas can grow from many glandular organs , including ...
Usage examples of adenoma.
There was really no indication of a micro adenoma from those numbers, she said, not enough to even warrant doing an MRI, although, again, I could talk over treatment with my doctor.
Gelatinous or interacinous adenoma, which consists in an enlargement of the acini by an accumulation of colloid material, and an increase in the interacinous tissue by a growth of round cells.
Linsmayer reported a case in which there was a softened adenoma in the pituitary body, and the thymus was absent.
One had a pituitary adenoma and the other had spinal cord degeneration.
I've got Donald Anderson who they thought had pancreatic cancer but who ended up with a benign adenoma.