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Having no footstalk. Pathology. Of morbid growths, warts, etc.: Adhering close to the surface.
Pathology. Said of a tumour or growth similar in structure to the tissue in which it occurs: opposed to heteroplastic.
Anatomy. Applied to a muscle of a member or organ which has its origin and insertion within that organ; so in Pathology to a morbid growth arising…