des|moid

des|moid
des|moid «DEHS moyd», adjective, noun.
–adj.
1. Anatomy. resembling a ligament.
2. Medicine. interwoven in bundles; fibrous: »

a desmoid tumor.

–n.
Medicine. a desmoid tumor.
[< Greek desmós chain, band, and desm bundle + English -oid]

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