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lipoma

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.76 in modern English

Syllables
lipo-ma
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A nonmalignant tumor comprising fat cells.

Etymology

Etymology tree English lip- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-oyétider.? Ancient Greek -όω (-óō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *-mə Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek -ωμα (-ōma)der. English -oma English lipoma From lip- + -oma.

Inflected Forms

lipomas (plural) lipomata (plural)

Derived Forms

adenolipoma angiolipoma fibrolipoma lipomatosis lipomatous myelolipoma thymolipoma

Synonyms

adipose tumor

Questions

What does lipoma mean?
A nonmalignant tumor comprising fat cells.
Where does lipoma come from?
Etymology tree English lip- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-oyétider.? Ancient Greek -όω (-óō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *-mə Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek -ωμα (-ōma)der. English -oma English lipoma From lip- + -oma.

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