exophytic
adjective
- (of a tumor or other abnormal mass) growing outward from tissue or organ of origin
Wiktionary
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree English exophyte Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English exophytic From exophyte + -ic.
- In pathology, pertaining to growth of a tumor outward.
- The proliferating on the exterior or surface epithelium of an organ or other structure in which the growth originated.