lipoma

3 definitions found

lipoma - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  adipoma \ad`i*po"ma\ ([a^]d`[i^]*p[=o]"m[.a]), n.; L. pl.
     adipomata ([a^]d`[i^]*p[=o]"m[.a]*t[.a]). [NL. See
     adipose; -oma.] (Med.)
     An obsolete term for lipoma. -- Ad`i*pom"a*tous
     ([a^]d`[i^]*p[o^]m"[.a]*t[u^]s or
     [a^]d`[i^]*p[=o]"m[.a]*t[u^]s), a.
     [AS]

  Lipoma \Li*po"ma\ (l[i^]*p[=o]"m[.a]), n. [NL., from Gr. li`pos
     fat + -oma.] (Med.)
     A tumor consisting of fat or adipose tissue. --
     Li*pom"a*tous (-p[o^]m"[.a]*t[u^]s), a.
     [1913 Webster]

lipoma - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  lipoma
      n 1: a tumor consisting of fatty tissue [syn: lipoma, adipose tumor
           ]