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desmoid definition

des·moid (-mo̵id′)

adjective

  1. like a ligament
  2. of fibrous texture: said of certain tumors

Etymology: < Gr desmos (see desmid) + -oid

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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