Adenoma

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  adenoma \ad`e*no"ma\ ([a^]d`[-e]*n[=o]"m[.a]), n.; L. pl.
     {-mata}. [NL.; adeno- + -oma.] (Med.)
     A benign tumor of epithelial tissue with a glandlike
     structure. -- {Ad`e*nom"a*tous}, a.--AS
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  adenoma
       n : a benign epithelial tumor of glandular origin
       [also: {adenomata} (pl)]