ADENOMA (adenomata)

Pronunciation (US):

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Irregular inflected form: adenomata   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does adenoma mean? 

• ADENOMA (noun)
  The noun ADENOMA has 1 sense:

1. a benign epithelial tumor of glandular origin

  Familiarity information: ADENOMA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ADENOMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A benign epithelial tumor of glandular origin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("adenoma" is a kind of...):

benign tumor; benign tumour; nonmalignant neoplasm; nonmalignant tumor; nonmalignant tumour (a tumor that is not cancerous)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "adenoma"):

fibroadenoma (benign and movable and firm and not tender tumor of the breast; common in young women and caused by high levels of estrogen)

lymphadenoma (an abnormally enlarged lymph node)

 Context examples 

This gene is involved in the regulation of gene expression and plays a potential tumor suppressor role in hepatocellular and prostate carcinomas, pituitary adenoma, as well as various leukemias and lymphomas.

(MIR16-1 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Alteration in the expression of this gene is associated with carcinoma of the prostate, polycystic kidney disease, polycystic liver disease, pituitary adenoma, acute promyelocytic leukemia, chronic lymphocytic leukemia and chronic myelogenous leukemia.

(MIR15A wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

An adenoma characterized by the presence of a mixed epithelial cell population.

(Mixed Cell Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Unlike mammosomatotroph adenomas, these two hormones are not localized in the same cell by immunohistochemistry.

(Mixed Somatotroph-Lactotroph Pituitary Gland Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by the presence of sebaceous skin tumors (adenoma or carcinoma), and internal organ malignant tumors, usually of the gastrointestinal or genitourinary tract.

(Muir-Torre Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

This category includes pleomorphic adenoma, carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma, and carcinosarcoma.

(Mixed Tumor of the Parotid Gland, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in the regulation of gene expression and plays a potential tumor suppressor role in prostate carcinomas, various leukemias, pituitary adenoma, polycystic kidney disease and polycystic liver disease.

(MIR15A Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

A carcinoma that arises from a pleomorphic adenoma in the minor salivary glands.

(Minor Salivary Gland Carcinoma ex Pleomorphic Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)

An adenoma of the adrenal cortex composed of a mixed neoplastic cellular population, including varying numbers of neoplastic clear and compact cells.

(Adrenal Cortex Mixed Cell Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Over that time, there were 5,811 cases of colorectal adenomas, or abnormal tissue that can sometimes become cancerous, in men and 8,116 adenomas in women.

(Eating Yogurt May Lower Risk of Colon Cancer in Men, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)