papillomatousadj.
/ˌpapᵻˈləʊmətəs/, U.S. /ˌpæpəˈloʊmədəs/ Medicine and Pathology.
Of the nature of a papilloma; of or relating to papillomas; characterized by the presence of papillomas.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > growth or excrescence > [adjective] > tumour > papilloma
condylomatous1859
papillomatous1872
1872 E. R. Peaslee Ovarian Tumors 20 The benign papillomatous or dendritic form of tumor.
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. IV. 683 A small papillomatous growth.
1932 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 19 401 The dermic lesions, which are nodular and ulcerative, in the form of painless, deep-seated, pinkish to dusky-red ulcers which become necrotic and sluggish, or may develop papillomatous growths.
1973 Nature 8 June 348/1 Five animals also had both papillomatous outgrowths and solid down-growths of transitional cells into the sub-mucosa.
2004 Austral. Vet. Jrnl. 82 223 (title) Survey for papillomatous digital dermatitis in Australian dairy cattle.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
adj.1872