Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of the nature of a steatoma.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Med.) Of the nature of a steatoma.
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- adjective medicine Of the nature of
steatoma .
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Examples
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"Maybe," said the short man, "maybe it's a stay-at-home-with-us tumour after all;" so at least he appeared to pronounce a confounded technical, which I afterwards learned was "steatomatous;" conceiving that my rosy friend was disposed to jeer at me, I gave him a terrific frown, and resumed, "this must not be touched."
The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer — Complete Charles James Lever 1839
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"Maybe," said the short man, "maybe it's a stay-at-home-with-us tumour after all;" so at least he appeared to pronounce a confounded technical, which I afterwards learned was "steatomatous;" conceiving that my rosy friend was disposed to jeer at me, I gave him a terrific frown, and resumed, "this must not be touched."
The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer — Volume 2 Charles James Lever 1839
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