fatty tumor

Tumor \Tu"mor\ (t[=u]"m[~e]r), n. [L., fr. tumere to swell: cf.
   F. tume['u]r. See {Tumid}.]
   1. (Med.) A morbid swelling, prominence, or growth, on any
      part of the body; especially, a growth produced by
      deposition of new tissue; a neoplasm.
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   2. Affected pomp; bombast; swelling words or expressions;
      false magnificence or sublimity. [R.]
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            Better, however, to be a flippant, than, by a
            revolting form of tumor and perplexity, to lead men
            into habits of intellect such as result from the
            modern vice of English style.         --De Quincey.
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   {Encysted tumor}, a tumor which is inclosed in a membrane
      called a cyst, connected with the surrounding parts by the
      neighboring cellular substance.

   {Fatty tumor}. See under {Fatty}.

   {Innocent tumor}, or {Benign tumor}, one which does not of
      itself threaten life, and does not usually tend to recur
      after extirpation; a tumor which has not metastesized.

   {Malignant tumor}, a tumor which tends continually to spread,
      to become generalized in different parts of the body, and
      to recur after extirpation, and which, if left to itself,
      causes death.
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Fatty \Fat"ty\, a.
   Containing fat, or having the qualities of fat; greasy;
   gross; as, a fatty substance.
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   {Fatty acid} (Chem.), any one of the paraffin series of
      monocarbonic acids, as formic acid, acetic, etc.; -- so
      called because the higher members, as stearic and palmitic
      acids, occur in the natural fats, and are themselves
      fatlike substances.

   {Fatty clays}. See under {Clay}.

   {Fatty degeneration} (Med.), a diseased condition, in which
      the oil globules, naturally present in certain organs, are
      so multiplied as gradually to destroy and replace the
      efficient parts of these organs.

   {Fatty heart}, {Fatty liver}, etc. (Med.), a heart, liver,
      etc., which have been the subjects of fatty degeneration
      or infiltration.

   {Fatty infiltration} (Med.), a condition in which there is an
      excessive accumulation of fat in an organ, without
      destruction of any essential parts of the latter.

   {Fatty tumor} (Med.), a tumor consisting of fatty or adipose
      tissue; lipoma.
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