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

Derived forms: papillary tumours

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