noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A benign tumour of the epithelium arising from or resembling a gland.
2. 2
   a benign epithelial tumor of glandular origin wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

benign neoplasmbenign tumorcolorectal adenomacolorectal polypgland tumorglandular tumor

Antonyms

All antonyms

carcinomacolorectal carcinomamalignant tumorpituitary carcinoma

Etymology

From aden- + -oma.