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angioma

 
Dictionary: an·gi·o·ma   (ăn'jē-ō') pronunciation
n., pl., -mas, or -ma·ta (-mə-tə).
A tumor composed chiefly of lymph and blood vessels.

angiomatous an'gi·o'ma·tous ('mə-təs, -ŏm'ə-) adj.

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(an′jē-ō′mə)
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A benign tumor of vascular nature. See also hemangioma and lymphangioma.

A benign tumor made up of blood (hemangioma) or lymph vessels (lymphangioma), e.g. hemangioma, lymphangioma, glomangioma.

  • a. cavernosum, cavernous a. — disseminated cavernous hemangioma.
  • telangiectatic a. — an angioma made up of dilated blood vessels.
 
 

 

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