| botryoid | Having numerous rounded protuberances resembling a bunch of grapes. Synonym: staphyline, uviform. Origin: G. Botryoeides, like a bunch of grapes (botrys) (05 Mar 2000) |
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| botryoid odontogenic cyst | A type of lateral periodontal cyst that shows a multilocular growth pattern. (05 Mar 2000) |
| botryoid sarcoma | <tumour> A polypoid form of embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma which occurs in children, most frequently in the urogenital tract, characterised by the formation of grossly apparent grapelike clusters of neoplastic tissue that consist of rhabdomyoblasts, spindle, and stellate cells in a myxomatous stroma; neoplasms of this type grow relatively rapidly and are highly malignant. (05 Mar 2000) |