adenoma

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀδήν (adḗn, “gland”) + -oma.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ăd ĕnō' mŭ, IPA^(key): /æd ˈənoʊ mʌ/

Noun

adenoma (plural adenomas or adenomata)

1. (pathology) A benign tumour of the epithelium arising from or resembling a gland.

Derived terms

• adenomatoid
• adenomatosis
• adenomatous
• porcine intestinal adenomatosis (PIA)
• pulmonary adenomatosis

Translations

benign tumour

• Catalan: adenoma m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 腺瘤 (zh) (xiànliú)

• Czech: adenom m
• Dutch: adenoom (nl) n
• Esperanto: adenomo
• Finnish: adenooma (fi)
• French: adénome (fr) m
• German: Adenom (de) n, gutartige Drüsengeschwulst f,, Drüsengeschwulst f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Greek: αδένωμα (el) n (adénoma)
• Inuktitut: ᑕᖏᓕᒃ ᐱᕈᖅᑐᖅ (tangilik piroqtoq)
• Irish: adanóma m
• Italian: adenoma (it) m
• Portuguese: adenoma m
• Russian: адено́ма (ru) f (adenóma)
• Spanish: adenoma (es) m
• Swedish: adenom (sv) n

Further reading

• adenoma on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Italian

Noun

adenoma m (plural adenomi)

1. (pathology) adenoma

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Portuguese

Noun

adenoma m (plural adenomas)

1. (pathology) adenoma (benign tumour of the epithelium)