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amyloidoma

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
amy-loido-ma
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A mass of amyloid (misfolded proteins and polysaccharides) that has collected in an anatomic site as a result of any of various types of amyloidosis; it is not, strictly speaking, a benign tumor (because it is not a lump of cells but rather extracellular protein), but it can produce mass effect like a benign tumor would.

Etymology

From amyloid + -oma.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

amyloidomas (plural) amyloidomata (plural)

Questions

What does amyloidoma mean?
A mass of amyloid (misfolded proteins and polysaccharides) that has collected in an anatomic site as a result of any of various types of amyloidosis; it is not, strictly speaking, a benign tumor (because it is not a lump of cells but rather extracellular protein), but it can produce mass effect like a benign tumor would.
Where does amyloidoma come from?
From amyloid + -oma.

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