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A callous tumor on the leg of a horse, below the hock.

Applied to a variety of tumor forming hard, flat, irregular excrescences upon the skin. -- n.

A thread or wire used to remove tumors, etc.

A tumor consisting of fat or adipose tissue. -- Li*pom"a*tous, a.

(Med.), a paste made of caustic soda and unslacked lime; -- used as a caustic to destroy tumors and other morbid enlargements. -- London pride. (Bot.) (a) A garden name for Saxifraga umbrosa, a hardy perennial herbaceous plant, a native of high lands in Great Britain. (b) A name anciently given to the Sweet William.…

A tumor having a structure resembling that of a lymphatic gland; -- called also lymphadenoma. Malignant lymphoma, a fatal disease characterized by the formation in various parts of the body of new growths resembling lymphatic glands in structure.

Substance excreted from living animal bodies; that which is thrown out or discharged in a tumor, boil, or abscess; pus; purulent substance.

A tumor containing dark pigment.

The morbid deposition of black matter, often of a malignant character, causing pigmented tumors.

Consisting of or containing matter like honey; -- said of certain encysted tumors.

A cutaneous disease characterized by numerous tumors, of various forms, filled with a thick matter; -- so called from the resemblance of the tumors to some molluscous animals. Dunglison.

Proceeding from disease; morbid; unhealthy. Morbose tumors and excrescences of plants. Ray.

A small abscess or tumor having a resemblance to a mulberry. Dunglison.

stage of development, found in the umbilical cord and in the embryo, and also in certain tumors called myxomata.

Resembling marrow in appearance or consistency; as, a myeloid tumor.

A tumor consisting of muscular tissue.

A tumor made up of a gelatinous tissue resembling that found in the umbilical cord.

ot or mark on the skin of children when born; a birthmark; -- usually applied to vascular tumors, i. e., those consisting mainly of blood vessels, as dilated arteries, veins, or capillaries.

A tumor developed on, or connected with, a nerve, esp. one consisting of new-formed nerve fibers.

fix used in medical terms to denote a morbid condition of some part, usually some kind of tumor; as in fibroma, glaucoma.