Jump to content

acanthoma

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

English

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From acanth- +‎ -oma (“tumor consisting of a specified cell”).[1]

Pronunciation

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

acanthoma (plural acanthomas or acanthomata)

  1. (medicine) A neoplasm of the prickle cell layer of the skin
    • 1922, James Ewing, Neoplastic Diseases, page 822:
      Warts, both simple and venereal, may be the starting-points of acanthoma.

Derived terms

[edit]

Translations

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN)
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=acanthoma&oldid=83215835"