Meanings
- medicineGrowing in a disorganized fashion.
Hemangiomas that manifest at birth often regress over the early years of life although some have a hamartous behavior – enlarging as the child grows.
2022, Nikolaos Kotsanos, Haim Sarnat, Kitae Park, Pediatric Dentistry, page 4902 more examples
Seven primary brain tumors or hamartous lesions ( lipomas) were found in treated animals, with no apparent correlation with exposure to either radiation or magnetic fields.
1998, Christopher Portier, Mary S. Wolfe, Assessment of Health Effects from Exposure to Power-line Frequency Electric and Magnetic Fields, page 99Congenital cystic lung lesion characterized by the presence of abnormal bronchiolar structures of hamartous character and of varying size and/or distribution.
2012, Klaus Kayser, Analytical Lung Pathology, page 32
Origin
From Ancient Greek ἁμαρτία (hamartía) + -ous.
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