Path. Pl. lipomata. [mod.L. f. Gr. λίπ-ος fat + -ωμα: cf. steatoma, etc.] A fatty tumor.
1830. R. Knox, Béclard’s Anat., 91. The lipomata … sometimes present the appearance of the omentum when they are drawn out.
1893. Brit. Med. Jrnl., 9 Dec., 1274/1. A large diffuse lipoma.
Hence Lipomatosis [after Gr. words in -ωσις], excessive accumulation of fat in a tissue. Lipomatoid, Lipomatous adjs. [-OID, -OUS], resembling, or of the nature of, a lipoma.
1847–9. Todd, Cycl. Anat., IV. 129/2. A lipomatous mass had formed in the pleura.
1855. Mayne, Expos. Lex., Lipomatoides … lipomatoid.
1866. A. Flint, Princ. Med. (1880), 647. Lipomatosis or development of adipose tissue between the acini which may be thereby obliterated.
