Adenolipoma

/ˌædɪnoʊlaɪˈpoʊmə/ noun

Definition

A benign tumor composed of both glandular and fatty tissue elements.

Etymology

From Greek adeno- 'gland' + lipo- 'fat' + -oma 'tumor'. Medical terminology combining two tissue types into a single descriptive word.

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Adenolipoma shows how medical naming is predictable—once you know that 'adeno-' means gland, 'lipo-' means fat, and '-oma' means tumor, you can guess meanings of dozens of similar hybrid tumor names!

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