Angioma
a benign tumor consisting chiefly of dilated or newly formed blood vessels (hemangioma) or lymph vessels (lymphangioma)
Historical Examples
angioma, lymphangioma, and neuroma are described with the disease of the individual tissues.
Manual of Surgery Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles
Other tumours of the gums, such as angioma and papilloma, are rare.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities–Head–Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles
noun (pl) -mas, -mata (-mətə)
a tumour consisting of a mass of blood vessels (haemangioma) or a mass of lymphatic vessels (lymphangioma)
n.
1867, medical Latin, from angio- + -oma.
angioma an·gi·o·ma (ān’jē-ō’mə)
n. pl. an·gi·o·mas or an·gi·o·ma·ta (-mə-tə)
A tumor composed chiefly of lymphatic vessels or blood vessels.
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