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exophytic

exophytic adjective: in pathology, pertaining to growth of a tumor outward.

Adjective

exophytic (not comparable)

  1. In pathology, pertaining to growth of a tumor outward.
  2. The proliferating on the exterior or surface epithelium of an organ or other structure in which the growth originated.

Origin of exophytic

From exophyte + -ic.

Words formed from exophytic

Questions about exophytic

What does exophytic mean?
Exophytic means in pathology, pertaining to growth of a tumor outward.
What part of speech is exophytic?
Exophytic is an adjective.

Words near exophytic in the dictionary

  1. exophthalmoses
  2. exophthalmus
  3. exophthalmy
  4. exophyte
  5. exophytes
  6. exophytic
  7. exophytically
  8. exophyticity
  9. exopinacocyte
  10. exopinacocytes
  11. exopinacoderm

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