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MEDYMOLOGY
ARBOR VITAE FOR HEALTH SCIENCES
Lipoma
Etymology:
Definition:
Gr. lípos: “animal fat” + oma: Forming nouns indicating tumors or masses, which may be non-neoplastic or (more often) neoplastic, and (if the latter) either benign or cancerous (malignant)
A nonmalignant tumor comprising fat cells.
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