See Also: infiltrating lipoma(medicine)
infiltrating(medicine)
Infiltrating(health)
infiltrating cancer(medicine)
tumour-infiltrating lymphocyte(medicine)
lymphocytes, tumour-infiltrating(medicine)
carcinoma, infiltrating duct(medicine)
infiltrating ductal cell carcinoma(medicine)
Ductal carcinoma of the breast, infiltrating(health)
Carcinoma of the breast, infiltrating lobular(health)

flippant (iou) and infiltrating lipoma (medicine)


flippant (iou)



flippant adjective & noun. E17.
[from FLIP verb + -ANT1, perh. in imitation of heraldic adjectives, as couchant, trippant.]
A. adjective.
Nimble; pliant. obsolete exc. dial. E17.
Talkative, voluble, fluent. E17-L18.
Sportive, playful. Only in 18.
Lacking in seriousness; treating serious matters lightly; disrespectful. E18.
E. M. Forster I should never have talked in this flippant, superficial way. G. A. Birmingham He resents the flippant mirth of those whom he regards as his inferiors.
b. absol. as noun. A flippant person. Now rare. L18.
W. Cowper The flippant and the scold.
flippantly adverb M18.
flippantness noun E18.

infiltrating lipoma (medicine)


infiltrating lipoma -->
liposarcoma


A malignant tumour derived from primitive or embryonal lipoblastic cells. It may be composed of well-differentiated fat cells or may be dedifferentiated: myxoid (liposarcoma, myxoid), round-celled, or pleomorphic, usually in association with a rich network of capillaries. Recurrences are common and dedifferentiated liposarcomas metastasize to the lungs or serosal surfaces.