‖ lipoma Path.
(lɪˈpəʊmə)
Pl. lipomata (lɪˈpəʊmətə).
[mod.L., f. Gr. λίπ-ος fat + -ωµα: cf. steatoma, etc.]
A fatty tumour.
| 1830 R. Knox Béclard's Anat. 91 The lipomata..sometimes present the appearance of the omentum when they are drawn out. 1893 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 9 Dec. 1274/1 A large diffuse lipoma. |
Hence liˌpomaˈtosis [after Gr. words in -ωσις], excessive accumulation of fat in a tissue. liˈpomatoid, liˈpomatous adjs. [-oid, -ous], resembling, or of the nature of, a lipoma.
| 1847–9 Todd Cycl. Anat. IV. 129/2 A lipomatous mass had formed in the pleura. 1855 Mayne Expos. Lex., Lipomatoides..lipomatoid. 1866 A. Flint Princ. Med. (1880) 647 Lipomatosis or development of adipose tissue between the acini which may be thereby obliterated. |