Etymograph

English

lipofibroma

From lipo- + fibroma.

Formed from lipo- + fibroma

Proto-Indo-European *leyp- ‘to stick’

Proto-Hellenic *lípos ‘fat’

Ancient Greek λῐ́πος ‘animal fat’

English lipo-

Today it means

noun A benign fibroma characterised by ectopic fatty tissue in the dermis

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