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noun
An epithelial tumour, usually benign, with the appearance of a papilla
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, oncology, pathology, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a benign epithelial tumor forming a rounded mass
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: villoma, papillary tumor, papillary tumour
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: benign tumor, benign tumour, nonmalignant tumor, nonmalignant tumour, nonmalignant neoplasm
History
Etymology tree English papilla 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 papilloma From papilla + -oma.
Across languages
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
