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What is the medical term meaning benign tumor made up of mature fat cells?
A lipoma is a benign tumor of fat cells.
What is the medical term for a tumor composed of fat tissue?
In medical "Lipoma" is a benign tumor of adipose tissue (cell that contain fat).
A benign tumor of adipose tissue is called what?
A benign tumor of adipose tissue is called a lipoma. Lipomas are soft, movable lumps that typically develop just beneath the skin and are composed of mature fat cells. They are generally painless and slow-growing, often requiring no treatment unless they become bothersome or for cosmetic reasons.
What is the medical term meaning fatty growth?
A lipoma is a benign fatty tumor.
What is the medical term meaning a benign fatty yellowish tumor in the subcutaneous layer of the skin?
a medicial term that refers to a genetic condition in which the body is unable to make melanin
What kind of tissue is a lipoma composed of?
A lipoma is composed of adipose tissue. Adipose tissue is typically a fatty kind of tissue in substance. This kind of tissue that lipoma is composed of will generally be a benign tumor that's normally easy to remove.
What does it mean when a tumor is benign?
When a tumor is benign, it means that it does not have the ability to invade the other cells in the body. Moles and warts are examples of such tumors.
Is a cancer tumor movable?
Most cancers are internal and cannot be felt. But, if you can move a tumor that is only a little ways under your skin, it is generally a lipoma or another type of benign tumor. This is a fat tumor and is almost never cancerous. I say almost, because in very rare cases a lipoma can become cancerous from growth. Touching it does not induce this.
What is a mass of cells that can be malignant or benign?
It is called a tumor.
When a tumor is benign it means what?
When a tumor is benign, it means that it does not have the ability to invade the other cells in the body. Moles and warts are examples of such tumors.
What kind of tumor is an abnormal mass of essentially normal cells?
A benign tumor is an abnormal mass of essentially normal cells that does not spread to other parts of the body.
When a tumor remains in one location it is referred to as?
benign tumor
