hibernoma

hibernoma
A rare type of benign neoplasm in humans, consisting of brown fat that resembles the fat in certain hibernating animals; individual tumor cells contain multiple lipid droplets. SEE ALSO: brown fat. [L. hibernus, pertaining to winter, + G. -oma, tumor]

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hi·ber·no·ma .hī-bər-'nō-mə n, pl -mas also -ma·ta -mət-ə a rare benign tumor that contains fat cells and resembles the brown fat of hibernating mammals

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hi·ber·no·ma (hi″bər-noґmə) [L. hibernus pertaining to the winter + -oma] a rare, benign, encapsulated lipoma arising from vestiges of brown fat resembling that in certain hibernating animals; it is a small, lobulated, nontender, tan to dark lesion occurring usually on the mediastinum or intrascapular region of female adults.

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