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Adenoma   Listen
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adenoma  n.  (pl. L. adenomata)  (Med.) A benign tumor of epithelial tissue with a glandlike structure.






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"Adenoma" Quotes from Famous Books



... may originate in relation to a wart, an ulcerated wen or sebaceous adenoma, or the cicatrix of a burn. It may affect comparatively young persons, may spread over a wide area, or pass deeply and involve the bone. Free ...
— Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. • Alexander Miles

... Fibrous tumors bind no parts of the organism together; bony tumors add nothing to the supporting framework of the body; the tissue of fatty tumors never serves as a storehouse of feed and energy; the cells of an adenoma, or gland tumor, furnish no secretion; a tumor composed of muscle tissue produces no increase to the strength of the individual—its ...
— Special Report on Diseases of Cattle • U.S. Department of Agriculture



Words linked to "Adenoma" :   fibroadenoma, lymphadenoma, nonmalignant tumour, benign tumor, nonmalignant tumor



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