DESMOID


Meaning of DESMOID in English

/dez"moyd/ , adj. Anat., Zool.

1. resembling a fascia or fibrous sheet.

2. resembling a ligament; ligamentous.

n.

3. Pathol. a firm and tough tumor of nonmetastasizing, fibrous tissue.

[ 1840-50; desm ( ós ) (see DESMID) + -OID ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .