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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In pathology, a neoplasm or tumor of the stratum spinosum of the epidermis, which invades the corium; a skin-cancer.
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- noun medicine A
neoplasm of theprickle cell layer of the skin
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- noun a neoplasm originating in the epidermis
Etymologies
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acanth + -oma (“tumor consisting of a specified cell”)
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