papilloma

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noun

An epithelial tumour, usually benign, with the appearance of a papilla

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villomapapillary tumorpapillary tumour
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Meanings

nounpapilloma (plural papillomas or papillomata)

plural papillomas · plural papillomata

  1. medicineAn epithelial tumour, usually benign, with the appearance of a papilla

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna benign epithelial tumor forming a rounded mass

Similar
villomapapillary tumorpapillary tumour
Broader
benign tumorbenign tumournonmalignant tumor

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From papilla + -oma.

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Translations

Catalan papil·loma
  • papil·lomaepithelial tumour
Czech papilom
  • papilomepithelial tumour
Finnish papillooma
  • papilloomaepithelial tumour
French papillome
  • papillomeepithelial tumour
German Papillom
  • Papillomepithelial tumour
Greek θήλωμα
  • θήλωμα (thíloma)epithelial tumour
Latin papillōma
  • papillōmaepithelial tumour
Polish brodawczak
  • brodawczakepithelial tumour
Russian папилло́ма
  • папилло́ма (papillóma)epithelial tumour
Spanish papiloma
  • papilomaepithelial tumour
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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