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lipoma

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A nonmalignant tumor comprising fat cells.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a tumor consisting of fatty tissue

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: adipose tumor

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tumor, tumour, neoplasm

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English lip- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-oyétider.? Ancient Greek -όω (-óō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek -ωμα (-ōma)der. English -oma English lipoma From lip- + -oma.

Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: липома (lipoma) — benign tumor
  • Bulgarian: липом (lipom) — benign tumor
  • Catalan: lipoma — benign tumor
  • Chinese Mandarin: 脂肪瘤 (zhīfángliú) — benign tumor
  • Czech: lipom — benign tumor
  • Finnish: rasvakudoskasvain — benign tumor
  • Finnish: lipooma — benign tumor
  • French: lipome — benign tumor
  • German: Lipom — benign tumor
  • German: Fettgewebsgeschwulst — benign tumor
  • German: Fettgeschwulst — benign tumor
  • German: Fettgewebstumor — benign tumor
  • German: Fettgewebswucherung — benign tumor
  • Greek: λίπωμα (lípoma) — benign tumor
  • Ido: lipomo — benign tumor
  • Indonesian: lipoma — benign tumor
  • Italian: lipoma — benign tumor
  • Polish: tłuszczak — benign tumor
  • Russian: жирови́к (žirovík) — benign tumor
  • Russian: жирова́я о́пухоль (žirovája ópuxolʹ) — benign tumor
  • Russian: липо́ма (lipóma) — benign tumor
  • Spanish: lipoma — benign tumor
  • Swedish: lipom — benign tumor
  • Swedish: fettsvulst — benign tumor
  • Turkish: lipom — benign tumor
  • Turkish: lipoma — benign tumor
  • Turkish: yağ bezesi — benign tumor