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cystoma

American  
[si-stoh-muh] / sɪˈstoʊ mə /

noun

Pathology.
cystomas, plural cystomata plural
  1. a cystic tumor.


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Etymology

Origin of cystoma

First recorded in 1870–75; cyst- + -oma

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The word "cystoma" means a cyst tumor, or cystic tumor.

From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson

Of the various epithelial tumors, there are those like the cutaneous horn or corn, the adenoma or cystoma, whose epithelial growth takes place in accordance with normal methods of production.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

The tumor was diagnosed to be cystoma of the left ovary.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

This class represents a more complex form of cystic growth—one whose tendency is toward the reproduction of cysts, to which the term cystoma is applied.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

Rodenstein portrays the appearance of a patient of forty-five after death from an enormous glandular ovarian cystoma.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

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