adenoma

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US/ædəˈnoʊmə/

noun

A benign tumour of the epithelium arising from or resembling a gland.

Less commonScrabble 10

Meanings

nounadenoma (plural adenomas or adenomata)

plural adenomas · plural adenomata

  1. medicineA benign tumour of the epithelium arising from or resembling a gland.

Origin

Translations

Catalan adenoma
  • adenomabenign tumour
Chinese Mandarin 腺瘤
  • 腺瘤 (xiànliú)benign tumour
Czech adenom
  • adenombenign tumour
Dutch adenoom
  • adenoombenign tumour
Esperanto adenomo
  • adenomobenign tumour
Finnish adenooma
  • adenoomabenign tumour
French adénome
  • adénomebenign tumour
German Adenom, gutartige Drüsengeschwulst
  • Adenombenign tumour
  • gutartige Drüsengeschwulstbenign tumour
  • Drüsengeschwulstbenign tumour
Greek αδένωμα
  • αδένωμα (adénoma)benign tumour
Indonesian adenoma
  • adenomabenign tumour
Irish adanóma
  • adanómabenign tumour
Italian adenoma
  • adenomabenign tumour
Polish gruczolak
  • gruczolakbenign tumour
Portuguese adenoma
  • adenomabenign tumour
Russian адено́ма
  • адено́ма (adenóma)benign tumour
Spanish adenoma
  • adenomabenign tumour
Swedish adenom
  • adenombenign tumour
Turkish adenom, adenoma
  • adenombenign tumour
  • adenomabenign tumour

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APA

adenoma. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adenoma

MLA

“adenoma.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adenoma. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “adenoma,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adenoma.

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