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osteoma

American  
[os-tee-oh-muh] / ˌɒs tiˈoʊ mə /

noun

Pathology.
osteomas, plural osteomata plural
  1. a benign tumor composed of osseous tissue.


osteoma British  
/ ˌɒstɪˈəʊmə /

noun

  1. a benign tumour composed of bone or bonelike tissue

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Origin of osteoma

First recorded in 1840–50; oste- + -oma

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The Swartkrans tumor was initially described, in a doctoral thesis, as a benign growth called an osteoid osteoma.

From New York Times Aug. 22, 2016

Its development from fibrous tissue is more likely to result in a fibroma; from fat tissue, a lipoma, or a myxoma; from cartilage or bone, a chondroma or osteoma.

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

An osteoma which does not cause symptoms may be left alone, as it ceases to grow when the skeleton is mature and has no tendency to change its benign character.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis

The ivory or compact osteoma is composed of dense bone, and usually grows from the skull.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis

The multiple variety of osteoma is considered with the diseases of bone.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis

Many examples of this variety of odontoma, growing in the nasal cavity or in the maxillary sinus, have been erroneously regarded as osteomas even after removal.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis

Roentgenray examination may show the shadow of enchondromata or osteomata, and will also show variations in aeration should the tumor be in a bronchus.

From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier

Figure 251 shows an analogous condition, called by Hutchinson symmetric osteomata of the nasal processes of the maxilla.

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

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