Papilloma Definition

păpə-lōmə
papillomas, papillomata
noun
papillomas, papillomata
A benign tumor, as a polyp or wart, of the skin or mucous membrane, consisting of a group of thickened, enlarged papillae.
Webster's New World
Such a tumor caused by a virus.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • papillary tumour
  • papillary tumor
  • villoma

Other Word Forms of Papilloma

Noun

Singular:
papilloma
Plural:
papillomae, papillomas

Papilloma Sentence Examples

  • Once all visible papilloma was removed, residual mucosa was removed by using a diamond burr to polish bone at the site of origin.

  • We present a patient who developed both these complications after biopsy of nasal polyps which subsequently proved to be an inverted papilloma.

  • To our knowledge, a malignant counterpart of intraductal papilloma has not been described previously.

  • This lesion is variously known a a seborrhoeic keratosis, basal cell papilloma or seborrhoeic wart.

  • Herpes simplex and human papilloma virus, which is associated with warts, commonly affect the vulva.

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Words Starting With

PPAPAP

Words Ending With

AMAOMA

Unscrambles

papilloma

Words Starting With P and Ending With A

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