Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A benign tumor composed chiefly of fat cells.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In pathology, a tumor formed of fatty tissue. Also called
adipoma and liparocele.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) A tumor consisting of fat or adipose tissue.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun pathology A
nonmalignant tumor comprisingfat cells .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a tumor consisting of fatty tissue
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Examples
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Invaginations account for 2/3 of small bowel occlusion caused by up to 80% of tumors and the lipoma is the most frequent benign tumor that causes invagination in its submucous polypoid and it is in more or less scissile form.
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Invaginations account for 2/3 of small bowel occlusion caused by up to 80% of tumors and the lipoma is the most frequent benign tumor that causes invagination in its submucous polypoid and it is in more or less scissile form.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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A lipoma is a growth made up of fat cells that occurs just below the skin.
unknown title 2009
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A lipoma is a growth made up of fat cells that occurs just below the skin.
unknown title 2009
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The tumor was about four or five inches across and tests at another doctor's office said it was a benign tumor called a lipoma.
Dr. Richard Palmquist: Green Veterinary Medicine: Veggies for Pets 2010
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But he shot an e-mail saying the guys in Balad thought it was a lipoma.
Paradise General Dr. Dave Hnida 2010
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Now none of this means that kale is a treatment for lipoma.
Dr. Richard Palmquist: Green Veterinary Medicine: Veggies for Pets 2010
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But he shot an e-mail saying the guys in Balad thought it was a lipoma.
Paradise General Dr. Dave Hnida 2010
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The tumor was about four or five inches across and tests at another doctor's office said it was a benign tumor called a lipoma.
Dr. Richard Palmquist: Green Veterinary Medicine: Veggies for Pets 2010
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Now none of this means that kale is a treatment for lipoma.
Dr. Richard Palmquist: Green Veterinary Medicine: Veggies for Pets 2010
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