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fibropapilloma

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fibropapilloma /fi·bro·pap·il·lo·ma/ (-pap″ĭ-lo´mah) fibroepithelial papilloma.
fi·bro·pap·il·lo·ma (fbr-pp-lm)
n.
A papilloma containing a conspicuous amount of fibrous connective tissue at the base.

fibropapilloma.
fibropapilloma (fī´brōpap´ilōm),
fibropapilloma
the common wart composed of epithelial and connective tissue caused by species-specific papillomaviruses, genus Papovaviridae. See also papilloma, fibroma, papillomavirus.
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Fibropapillomas on a cow's teat. By permission from Blowey RW, Weaver AD, Diseases and Disorders of Cattle, Mosby, 1997

genital fibropapilloma
see genital papillomatosis.
transmissible fibropapilloma
caused by bovine papillomavirus 2 on the penis of the bull; transmitted by coitus.


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