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Angioma
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angioma /an·gi·o·ma/ (an?je-o´mah) a tumor whose cells tend to form blood vessels (hemangioma) or lymph vessels (lymphangioma); a tumor made up of blood vessels or lymph vessels.angiom´atous
angioma caverno´sum , cavernous angioma see under hemangioma.
cherry angiomas  bright red, circumscribed, round or oval angiomas, 2 to 6 mm in diameter, containing many vascular loops, due to a telangiectatic vascular disturbance, usually seen on the trunk but sometimes appearing on other areas of the body, as in angioma serpiginosum, and occurring in most middle-aged and older persons.
senile angiomas  cherry a's.
angioma serpigino´sum  a skin disease marked by minute vascular points arranged in rings on the skin.

an·gi·o·ma (nj-m)
n. pl. an·gi·o·mas or an·gi·o·ma·ta (-m-t)
A tumor composed chiefly of lymphatic vessels or blood vessels.

Angioma
A tumor (such as a hemangioma or lymphangioma) that mainly consists of blood vessels or lymphatic vessels.

angioma (an·jē·ōˑ·m),
n benign tumor that contains blood or lymph vessels; some disappear with no treatment; most are congenital.

angioma (an´jēō´m),
n a benign tumor of vascular nature. See also hemangioma and lymphangioma.

angioma
a benign tumor made up of blood (hemangioma) or lymph vessels (lymphangioma), e.g. hemangioma, lymphangioma, glomangioma.

angioma cavernosum, cavernous angioma
disseminated cavernous hemangioma.
telangiectatic angioma
an angioma made up of dilated blood vessels.

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