Found 2 hits - Term: fatty tumor, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
tumor \tu"mor\ t=u"m~er, n. l., fr. tumere to swell: cf.
f. tume'ur. see tumid.
1. med. a morbid swelling, prominence, or growth, on any
part of the body; especially, a growth produced by
deposition of new tissue; a neoplasm.
1913 webster
2. affected pomp; bombast; swelling words or expressions;
false magnificence or sublimity. r.
1913 webster
better, however, to be a flippant, than, by a
revolting form of tumor and perplexity, to lead men
into habits of intellect such as result from the
modern vice of english style. --de quincey.
1913 webster
encysted tumor, a tumor which is inclosed in a membrane
called a cyst, connected with the surrounding parts by the
neighboring cellular substance.
fatty tumor. see under fatty.
innocent tumor, or benign tumor, one which does not of
itself threaten life, and does not usually tend to recur
after extirpation; a tumor which has not metastesized.
malignant tumor, a tumor which tends continually to spread,
to become generalized in different parts of the body, and
to recur after extirpation, and which, if left to itself,
causes death.
1913 webster
see also:
tumid encysted tumor fatty tumor fatty innocent tumor benign tumor
malignant tumor
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
fatty \fat"ty\, a.
containing fat, or having the qualities of fat; greasy;
gross; as, a fatty substance.
1913 webster
fatty acid chem., any one of the paraffin series of
monocarbonic acids, as formic acid, acetic, etc.; -- so
called because the higher members, as stearic and palmitic
acids, occur in the natural fats, and are themselves
fatlike substances.
fatty clays. see under clay.
fatty degeneration med., a diseased condition, in which
the oil globules, naturally present in certain organs, are
so multiplied as gradually to destroy and replace the
efficient parts of these organs.
fatty heart, fatty liver, etc. med., a heart, liver,
etc., which have been the subjects of fatty degeneration
or infiltration.
fatty infiltration med., a condition in which there is an
excessive accumulation of fat in an organ, without
destruction of any essential parts of the latter.
fatty tumor med., a tumor consisting of fatty or adipose
tissue; lipoma.
1913 webster
see also:
fatty acid fatty clays clay fatty degeneration fatty heart fatty liver
fatty infiltration fatty tumor
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Fatty, definition of term: Fatty
fatty_pag1.html Tumor
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Tumor, definition of term: Tumor
tumor_pag1.html Fatty Tissue
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Fatty Tissue, definition of term: Fatty Tissue
fatty+tissue_pag1.html Fatty Liver
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Fatty Liver, definition of term: Fatty Liver
fatty+liver_pag1.html Fatty Acid
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Fatty Acid, definition of term: Fatty Acid
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Brain Tumor, definition of term: Brain Tumor
brain+tumor_pag1.html Malignant Tumor
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Malignant Tumor, definition of term: Malignant Tumor
malignant+tumor_pag1.html Benign Tumor
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Benign Tumor, definition of term: Benign Tumor
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