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acanthoma

acanthoma

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English

Etymology

From acanth- +‎ -oma (“tumor consisting of a specified cell”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ə.kænˈθoʊ.mə/
Rhymes: -əʊmə

Noun

acanthoma (plural acanthomas or acanthomata)

(medicine) A neoplasm of the prickle cell layer of the skin
- 1922, James Ewing, Neoplastic Diseases, page 822:
  Warts, both simple and venereal, may be the starting-points of acanthoma.

Derived terms

Translations

neoplasm of the prickle cell layer of the skin

Portuguese: acantoma m

References

^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN)

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