lipoma

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English lip-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-oyétider.?

Ancient Greek -όω (-óō)

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă)

Ancient Greek -ωμα (-ōma)der.

English -oma

English lipoma

From lip- + -oma.

Noun

lipoma (plural lipomas or lipomata)

1. (pathology) A nonmalignant tumor comprising fat cells.

Derived terms

• adenolipoma
• angiolipoma
• fibrolipoma
• lipomatosis
• lipomatous
• myelolipoma
• thymolipoma

Translations

benign tumor

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: липома f (lipoma), липом m (lipom)
• Catalan: lipoma (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 脂肪瘤 (zh) (zhīfángliú)

• Czech: lipom m
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} lipomo
• Finnish: rasvakudoskasvain, lipooma (fi)
• French: lipome (fr) m
• German: Lipom (de) n, Fettgewebsgeschwulst n, Fettgeschwulst n, Fettgewebstumor m, Fettgewebswucherung f
• Greek: λίπωμα (el) n (lípoma)
• Ido: lipomo (io)
• Indonesian: lipoma
• Italian: lipoma (it) m
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: tłuszczak (pl) m
• Russian: жирови́к (ru) m (žirovík), жирова́я о́пухоль f (žirovája ópuxolʹ), липо́ма (ru) f (lipóma)
• Spanish: lipoma (es) m
• Swedish: lipom n, fettsvulst c
• Turkish: lipom (tr), lipoma, yağ bezesi

Anagrams

• pimola

Catalan

Etymology

From lipo- +‎ -oma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [liˈpu.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [liˈpo.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [liˈpo.ma]
• Rhymes: -oma

Noun

lipoma m (plural lipomes)

1. (oncology) lipoma

Related terms

• liposarcoma

Further reading

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “lipoma”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
• “lipoma” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “lipoma”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “lipoma”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Indonesian

Etymology

Internationalism

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /liˈpoma/ [liˈpo.ma]
• Rhymes: -oma
• Syllabification: li‧po‧ma

Noun

lipoma (plural lipoma-lipoma)

1. (oncology) lipoma

Alternative forms

• lipom

Further reading

• “lipoma”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Italian

Etymology

From lipo- +‎ -oma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liˈpɔ.ma/
• Rhymes: -ɔma
• Hyphenation: li‧pò‧ma

Noun

lipoma m (plural lipomi)

1. (oncology) lipoma

Derived terms

• lipomatosi
• lipomatoso

Further reading

• lipoma in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• lipoma in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• lipòma in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• lipòma in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• amplio, ampliò, impalo, impalò

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlipɔma/, [ˈlʲipɔma]

Noun

lipoma

1. dative/instrumental/locative dual of lipa
2. dative/instrumental/locative dual of lip

Portuguese

Etymology

From lipo- +‎ -oma.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /liˈpõ.mɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /liˈpõ.mɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /liˈpo.ma/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /liˈpo.mɐ/

• Rhymes: -omɐ
• Hyphenation: li‧po‧ma

Noun

lipoma m (plural lipomas)

1. (oncology) lipoma

   Synonym: adipoma

Derived terms

• lipomatose
• lipomatoso

Related terms

• adenolipoma
• lipomatoso

Further reading

• “lipoma”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “lipoma”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “lipoma” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “lipoma”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “lipoma”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “lipoma”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From lipo- +‎ -oma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liˈpoma/ [liˈpo.ma]
• Rhymes: -oma
• Syllabification: li‧po‧ma

Noun

lipoma m (plural lipomas)

1. (oncology) lipoma

Related terms

• liposarcoma

Further reading

• “lipoma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025