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Definition of Acanthoma
1. Noun. A neoplasm originating in the epidermis.
Generic synonyms: Neoplasm, Tumor, Tumour
Specialized synonyms: Keratoacanthoma
Definition of Acanthoma
1. Noun. (medicine) A neoplasm of the prickle cell layer of the skin ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Acanthoma
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Acanthoma
Literary usage of Acanthoma
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Neoplastic Diseases: A Treatise on Tumors by James Ewing (1922)
"Warts, both simple and venereal, may be the starting-points of acanthoma. ...
In a series of cases of acanthoma, chiefly of the face, Borrel has found a ..."
2. Skin Cancer by Henry Honeyman Hazen (1916)
"Fourth, Unna uses the term "acanthoma" to apply to the basal cells as well as to
... This is incorrect, as "acanthoma" should apply only to the horny cells; ..."
3. Treatise on Diseases of the Skin for the Use of Advanced Students and by Henry Weightman Stelwagon (1914)
"... to the other class, that by Brooke, acanthoma adenoides ... in males and
females alike, and not hereditary; and for acanthoma adenoides ..."
4. Diseases of the Skin by Richard Lightburn Sutton (1919)
"Occasionally, true tumor formation takes place, as in Bock's and my own cases.
Diagnosis.—The lesions are to be differentiated from those of acanthoma ..."
5. The Principles and Practice of Dermatology: Designed for Students and by William Allen Pusey (1917)
"Fur this reason the term papilloma has been commonly applied to the lesions of
acanthoma, but, as Auspitz and Unna have shown, the apparent hypertrophy of ..."
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