LIPOMA (lipomata)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: lipomata   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does lipoma mean? 

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

1. a tumor consisting of fatty tissue

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• LIPOMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A tumor consisting of fatty tissue

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

adipose tumor; lipoma

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

neoplasm; tumor; tumour (an abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose)

 Context examples 

Representative examples of benign neoplasms include bile duct adenoma and extrahepatic bile duct lipoma.

(Bile Duct Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples of benign breast soft tissue neoplasms include leiomyoma, lipoma, and myofibroblastoma.

(Breast Soft Tissue Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare genetic disorder characterized by the development of painful lipomas during adulthood, especially in menopausal women.

(Adiposis Dolorosa, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include dermoid cyst, lipoma, and neurofibroma.

(Benign Spinal Cord Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include Warthin tumor, monomorphic adenoma, pleomorphic adenoma, and lipoma.

(Benign Parotid Gland Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in lipoma.

(C12orf9 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include infection, chest wall lipoma, and chest wall lymphoma.

(Chest Wall Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples of benign neoplasms include papillomas, cystadenomas, and lipomas; malignant neoplasms include carcinomas, sarcomas, lymphomas, and leukemias.

(Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples of benign neoplasms include lipoma, leiomyoma, and neurofibroma.

(Gallbladder Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

Translocations involving the gene and the human HMGA2 gene are associated with lipoma.

(CXCR7 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)