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amyloidoma

amyloidoma noun: a mass of amyloid (misfolded proteins and polysaccharides) that has collected in an anatomic site as a result of any of various types of amyloidosis; it is not, strictly speaking, a benign tumor (because it is not a lump of cells but rather extracellular protein), but it can produce mass effect like a benign tumor would.

Noun

amyloidoma (plural amyloidomas or amyloidomata)

  1. A mass of amyloid (misfolded proteins and polysaccharides) that has collected in an anatomic site as a result of any of various types of amyloidosis; it is not, strictly speaking, a benign tumor (because it is not a lump of cells but rather extracellular protein), but it can produce mass effect like a benign tumor would.

Forms of amyloidoma

pluralamyloidomas
pluralamyloidomata

Origin of amyloidoma

From amyloid + -oma.

Questions about amyloidoma

What does amyloidoma mean?
Amyloidoma means a mass of amyloid (misfolded proteins and polysaccharides) that has collected in an anatomic site as a result of any of various types of amyloidosis; it is not, strictly speaking, a benign tumor (because it is not a lump of cells but rather extracellular protein), but it can produce mass effect like a benign tumor would.
What part of speech is amyloidoma?
Amyloidoma is a noun.
What is the plural of amyloidoma?
The plural of amyloidoma is amyloidomas.

Words near amyloidoma in the dictionary

  1. amyloidogenesis
  2. amyloidogenic
  3. amyloidogenicity
  4. amyloidolysis
  5. amyloidolytic
  6. amyloidoma
  7. amyloidomas
  8. amyloidomata
  9. amyloidopathies
  10. amyloidopathy
  11. amyloidophilic

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