Adenoma

//ædəˈnoʊmə// noun

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

Etymology

From aden- + -oma.

Related phrases

adenoma sebaceumporcine intestinal adenomatosispulmonary adenomatosis

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