osteoma

American  

[os-tee-oh-muh] / ˌɒs tiˈoʊ mə /

noun

Pathology.

plural

osteomas, osteomata

1. a benign tumor composed of osseous tissue.

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osteoma British  

/ ˌɒstɪˈəʊmə /

noun

1. a benign tumour composed of bone or bonelike tissue

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Etymology

Origin of osteoma

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

Example Sentences

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

A remarkable form of unilateral hypertrophy and diffuse osteoma of the skull, following the distribution of the fifth nerve, has seen described by Jonathan Hutchinson and Alexis Thomson.

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

Lymphoma, enchondroma and osteoma, if not too extensively involving the laryngeal walls, may be excised with basket punch forceps, but lymphoma is probably better treated by radium.*

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