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Noun: papillary tumor
Usage: US (elsewhere: papillary tumour)
  1. A benign epithelial tumor forming a rounded mass
    "The ultrasound revealed a papillary tumor in her thyroid gland";
    - papilloma, villoma, papillary tumour [Brit, Cdn]

Derived forms: papillary tumors

Type of: benign tumor [US], benign tumour [Brit, Cdn], nonmalignant neoplasm, nonmalignant tumor [US], nonmalignant tumour [Brit, Cdn]

Encyclopedia: Papillary tumor