lipoma

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noun

A nonmalignant tumor comprising fat cells.

Similar
adipose tumor
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Meanings

nounlipoma (plural lipomas or lipomata)

plural lipomas · plural lipomata

  1. medicineA nonmalignant tumor comprising fat cells.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna tumor consisting of fatty tissue

Similar
adipose tumor

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

Bulgarian липома, липом
  • липома (lipoma)benign tumor
  • липом (lipom)benign tumor
Catalan lipoma
  • lipomabenign tumor
Chinese Mandarin 脂肪瘤
  • 脂肪瘤 (zhīfángliú)benign tumor
Czech lipom
  • lipombenign tumor
Finnish rasvakudoskasvain, lipooma
  • rasvakudoskasvainbenign tumor
  • lipoomabenign tumor
French lipome
  • lipomebenign tumor
German Lipom, Fettgewebsgeschwulst
  • Lipombenign tumor
  • Fettgewebsgeschwulstbenign tumor
  • Fettgeschwulstbenign tumor
  • Fettgewebstumorbenign tumor
  • Fettgewebswucherungbenign tumor
Greek λίπωμα
  • λίπωμα (lípoma)benign tumor
Indonesian lipoma
  • lipomabenign tumor
Italian lipoma
  • lipomabenign tumor
Polish tłuszczak
  • tłuszczakbenign tumor
Russian жирови́к, жирова́я о́пухоль
  • жирови́к (žirovík)benign tumor
  • жирова́я о́пухоль (žirovája ópuxolʹ)benign tumor
  • липо́ма (lipóma)benign tumor
Spanish lipoma
  • lipomabenign tumor
Swedish lipom, fettsvulst
  • lipombenign tumor
  • fettsvulstbenign tumor
Turkish lipom, lipoma
  • lipombenign tumor
  • lipomabenign tumor
  • yağ bezesibenign tumor

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Cite this entry
APA

lipoma. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lipoma

MLA

“lipoma.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lipoma. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lipoma,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lipoma.

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