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PAPILLOMA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: papillomata   

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A benign epithelial tumor forming a rounded mass

Synonyms:

papillary tumor; papillary tumour; papilloma; villoma

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

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

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 Context examples: 

Urothelial papilloma is a representative example.

(Benign Renal Pelvis Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

A papilloma that arises from the squamous epithelium of the cervix.

(Cervical Squamous Papilloma, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include papilloma, adenofibroma, and leiomyoma.

(Benign Fallopian Tube Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

It includes serous cystadenoma, serous adenofibroma, serous cystadenofibroma, and surface papilloma.

(Benign Ovarian Serous Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include squamous papilloma and hemangioma.

(Benign Laryngeal Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

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

(Benign Nasal Cavity Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include squamous papilloma and nasopharyngeal angiofibroma.

(Benign Pharyngeal Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include squamous papilloma, endocervical polyp, and rhabdomyoma.

(Benign Cervical Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

A choroid plexus papilloma characterized by increased mitotic activity.

(Atypical Choroid Plexus Papilloma, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include surface papilloma, borderline serous surface papillary tumor, and serous surface papillary adenocarcinoma.

(Ovarian Papillary Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)