desmoid
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek δεσμός (desmós, “chain, bundle”) + -oid.
Adjective
[edit]desmoid (comparative more desmoid, superlative most desmoid)
- Pertaining to a bundle.
- (pathology) Fibrous; having closely interwoven fibres in bundles.
- (medicine) Resembling, or having the characteristics of, a ligament or fibre; ligamentous, fibrous.
Translations
[edit]Noun
[edit]desmoid (plural desmoids)
- A fibrous tumour.