PAPILLOMA (papillomata)

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Irregular inflected form: papillomata   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does papilloma mean? 

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

1. a benign epithelial tumor forming a rounded mass

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PAPILLOMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A benign epithelial tumor forming a rounded mass

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

papillary tumor; papillary tumour; papilloma; villoma

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

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

 Context examples 

Lesions referred to as papilloma or phylloides-like tumor often occuring in background of more widespread epithelial hyperplasia should currently be classified as hyperplasias, with or without atypia.

(Combined Epithelial / Stromal Atypical Hyperplasia of the Mouse Prostate Gland, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

An intraductal papilloma of the breast characterized by the presence of focal epithelial atypia.

(Atypical Breast Papilloma, NCI Thesaurus)

A benign breast neoplasm characterized by the proliferation of multiple papillomas.

(Breast Papillomatosis, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include lung hamartoma, lung papilloma, and tracheal leiomyoma.

(Benign Respiratory Tract Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

It includes the squamous papilloma and the giant fibrovascular polyp.

(Esophageal Polyp, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples of benign neoplasms include Schneiderian papilloma and salivary gland-type adenoma.

(Ethmoid Sinus Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples are intraductal papilloma and papillary carcinoma.

(Papillary Breast Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples of benign neoplasms include angiofibroma and squamous papilloma.

(Nasopharyngeal Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include inflammatory disorders, papillomas, and carcinomas.

(Nasal Cavity and Paranasal Sinus Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples of neoplastic disorders include papilloma, adenofibroma, carcinoma, leiomyosarcoma, and carcinosarcoma.

(Fallopian Tube Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)