English Explanatory Dictionary

desmoid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Pertaining to a bundle.
  2. Fibrous; having closely interwoven fibres in bundles.
  3. Resembling, or having the characteristics of, a ligament or fibre; ligamentous, fibrous.
noun
  1. A fibrous tumour.

Word forms

desmoid desmoids

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δεσμός (desmós, “chain, bundle”) + -oid.

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