Definition of "lipoma" [‖Li•po•ma]

• A benign tumor composed chiefly of fat cells. (noun)

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• "Invaginations account for 2/3 of small bowel occlusion caused by up to 80% of tumors and the lipoma is the most frequent benign tumor that causes invagination in its submucous polypoid and it is in more or less scissile form."
• "A lipoma is a growth made up of fat cells that occurs just below the skin."
• "Now none of this means that kale is a treatment for lipoma."