desmoid
English
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek δεσμός (desmós, “chain, bundle”) + -oid.
Adjective
editdesmoid (comparative more desmoid, superlative most desmoid)
- Pertaining to a bundle.
- (pathology) Fibrous; having closely interwoven fibres in bundles.
- (medicine) Resembling, or having the characteristics of, a ligament or fibre; ligamentous, fibrous.
Noun
editdesmoid (plural desmoids)
- A fibrous tumour.