incidentaloma meaning
ENWIncidentaloma
- In medicine, an incidentaloma is a tumor (-oma) found by coincidence (incidentally) without clinical symptoms or suspicion. Like other types of incidental findings, it is found during the course of examination and imaging for other reasons.
- When faced with an unexpected finding on diagnostic imaging, the clinician faces the challenge to prove that the lesion is indeed harmless. Often, some other tests are required to determine the exact nature of an incidentaloma.
- NounPLincidentalomasSUF-oma
- (medicine) An incidentally-discovered disease or physical condition.
- (medicine) An incidentally-discovered disease or physical condition.
Definition of incidentaloma in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "incidentaloma" is a morpheme, more specifically, a suffixe. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.