Mole

(mol). I. A proliferative degeneration of the chorionic villi, producing a ma of berrylike vesicles attached to the placenta. It is called Vesicular Mole and Hydatidiform or Myxomatous Degeneration of the Placenta. 2. Also applied to a small, pigmented spot of the skin. M., Blood, a ma of coagulated blood and retained fetal membranes and placenta, sometimes found in the uterus after an abortion. M., Carneous. See M., Fleshy. M., Cutaneous, a pigmented spot on the skin. M., Cystic. Same as M., I Hydatidiform. M., False, a ma of coagulated blood onception. M., Fleshy, the body formed in the uterine cavity when an ovum that has died is retained within the uterus tor some time. It may undergo fatty or calcareous degeneration. M., Hairy. M., Hydatid,; M., Hydatidiform, M., Hydatoid. See first definition under Mole. M., Pigmentary. See A pig mentos us. M., Sanguineous. Same as, Fleshy. M., Stone, a fleshy mole that has undergone I calcareous degeneration. M., True, one the result of conception. M., Tubal. See Tubal . M., Uterine,! a ma of morbid material sometimes contained in the uterus after the death of the product of conception. It is the result of some pathologic proce . M., Vesicular. Same as M., Hydatidiform. M., White, a pit: mentary nevus that has not yet attained its char; istic color.