| 释义 |
pap·il·lo·ma
\ˌpapəˈlōmə\ noun
(plural papillo·mas \-məz\ ; or papilloma·ta \-məd.ə, -mətə\)
Etymology: New Latin, from papill- + -oma
1. : a benign tumor (as a wart or condyloma) resulting from an overgrowth of epithelial tissue on papillae of vascularized connective tissue of skin and other organs that forms projections or ridges
2. : an epithelial tumor caused by a virus — see papillomatosis |