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单词 hamartoma
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hamartoma


ham·ar·to·ma

H5036500 (hăm′ăr′tō′mə)n. A benign tumor composed of an abnormal mixture of normal tissue elements that develop and grow at the same rate as adjacent tissue, resulting from faulty development in an organ.
[German Hamartom, Greek hamartanein, to miss the mark, go wrong, German -om, -oma.]
ham′ar′tom′a·tous (-tŏm′ə-təs, -tō′mə-təs) adj.
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Noun1.hamartoma - a focal growth that resembles a neoplasm but results from faulty development in an organgrowth - (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)
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hamartoma


hamartoma

[‚ha·mər′tō·mə] (medicine) An abnormal condition resulting in the formation of a mass of tissue of disproportionate size and distribution but composed of the normal tissue of the region.

hamartoma


hamartoma

 [ham″ahr-to´mah] a benign tumorlike nodule composed of an overgrowth of mature cells and tissues normally present in the affected part, but often with one element predominating.

ham·ar·to·ma

(ham'ahr-tō'mă), A focal malformation that resembles a neoplasm, grossly and even microscopically, but results from faulty development in an organ; composed of an abnormal mixture of tissue elements, or an abnormal proportion of a single element, normally present in that site, which develop and grow at virtually the same rate as normal components, and are not likely to result in compression of adjacent tissue (in contrast to a neoplasm). [G. hamartion, a bodily defect, + -oma, tumor]

hamartoma

(hăm′ăr′tō′mə)n. A benign tumor composed of an abnormal mixture of normal tissue elements that develop and grow at the same rate as adjacent tissue, resulting from faulty development in an organ.
ham′ar′tom′a·tous (-tŏm′ə-təs, -tō′mə-təs) adj.

hamartoma

A tumor-like, non-neoplastic disordered proliferation of mature tissues that are native to a site of origin–eg, exostoses, nevi and soft tissue hamartomas; although most hamartomas are benign, some histologic subtypes–eg, neuromuscular hamartoma, may proliferate aggressively. See Mesenchymal cystic hamartoma, Sclerosing epithelial hamartoma, Sclerosing metanephric hamartoma.

ham·ar·to·ma

(ham'ahr-tō'mă) A focal malformation that resembles a neoplasm, grossly and even microscopically, but that results from faulty development, with a disproportion or abnormal mixture of tissue elements normally present at the site; develops and grows at virtually the same rate as normal tissue and is not likely to compress or invade adjacent structures (in contrast to a neoplasm). [G. hamartion, a bodily defect, + -oma, tumor]

hamartoma

A rare BENIGN tumour of mixed normal cells that can affect any organ and that contains tissues normal to the organ. A lung hamartoma containing bronchial lining cells, connective tissue and cartilage, may cause obstruction of a BRONCHUS. As a rule, hamartomas do little harm.

ham·ar·to·ma

(ham'ahr-tō'mă) A development focal malformation that resembles a neoplasm, grossly and even microscopically. [G. hamartion, a bodily defect, + -oma, tumor]

hamartoma


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noun a focal growth that resembles a neoplasm but results from faulty development in an organ

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