Taber's Medical Dictionary
lipoma
(li-pō′mă )
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A benign fatty tumor. They often appear in crops on the arms or trunk but are not metastatic.
lipomatous (′măt-ŭs )
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LIPOMA
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Lipoma." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/751433/all/lipoma.
Lipoma. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/751433/all/lipoma. Accessed April 21, 2026.
Lipoma. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/751433/all/lipoma
Lipoma [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 April 21]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/751433/all/lipoma.
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