endothelioman.
/ˌɛndɒθiːlɪˈəʊmə/ Pathology.
A tumour of endothelium.
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1880 tr. O. Schüppel in tr. H. W. von Ziemssen et al. Cycl. Pract. Med. IX. 344 Under the name of primary melanotic endothelioma of the liver, Block recently described a case of diffuse or infiltrated pigment cancer.
1886 A. H. Buck Ref. Handbk. Med. Sci. II. 812/1 Endothelioma (psammoma) of the optic nerve consists of alveolar connective tissue, in which cells lie embedded in more or less concentric layers.
1888 J. F. Payne Gen. Pathol. 302 Endothelioma is a name sometimes given to this [sc. psammoma] and other growths originating in, and composed of, endothelium.
1894 D. J. Hamilton Text-bk. Pathol. II. ii. lxxxv. 738 Cylindromatous endotheliomata are found in various parts of the brain or projecting into the brain from the membranes.
1964 S. Duke-Elder Parsons' Dis. Eye (ed. 14) xxxiii. 530 Primary tumours of the optic nerve... A few are endotheliomata or fibromata.
Derivatives
endotheliˈomatous adj.
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1906 Practitioner Nov. 666 The endotheliomatous areas consisted of tubules, columns or sheets of cells.
1964 S. Duke-Elder Parsons' Dis. Eye (ed. 14) xxv. 369 Some of these may be endotheliomatous growths.
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