exophytic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. In pathology, pertaining to growth of a tumor outward.
  2. The proliferating on the exterior or surface epithelium of an organ or other structure in which the growth originated.

Word forms

exophytic

Etymology

From exophyte + -ic.

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