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Definition of Osteoma
1. Noun. A slow growing benign tumor of consisting of bone tissue; usually on the skull or mandible.
Definition of Osteoma
1. n. A tumor composed mainly of bone; a tumor of a bone.
Definition of Osteoma
1. Noun. (medicine) A benign bony tumour that typically grows on the skull ¹
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Definition of Osteoma
1. a tumor of bone tissue [n -MAS or -MATA]
Medical Definition of Osteoma
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Osteoma
Literary usage of Osteoma
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Microscopical Morphology of the Animal Body in Health and Disease by Carl Heitzmann (1882)
"osteoma. OSSEOUS TUMOR. osteoma is a solid tumor, composed of bone-tissue, and
growing without symptoms of inflammation, in contradistinction to the ..."
2. Transactions of the American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists by American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (1918)
"I PRESENT this case on account of the rarity of the occurrence of osteoma in this
situation. In three works on obstetrics referred to by me, ..."
3. Neoplastic Diseases: A Treatise on Tumors by James Ewing (1922)
"Hence in discussions of osteoma it is customary to include all forms of overgrowth
of bone, thus securing an effective comparison of true and partial bony ..."
4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1908)
"286) reports three operations for osteoma of the orbit, of which one resulted in
death. Unoperated osteoma is far from benign as some believe. ..."
5. The Pathology and surgical treatment of tumors by Nicholas Senn (1895)
"osteoma of the orbit occurs either as a primary tumor, ... In a case of orbital
osteoma that recently came under the observation of the writer, ..."
6. Surgical Pathology and Therapeutics by John Collins Warren (1900)
"osteoma. osteoma signifies a tumor composed of bony tissue. ... An osteoma may
grow upon the surface of the bone, and it is then called an "exostosis;" or ..."
7. Diseases of the Skin by Richard Lightburn Sutton (1919)
"osteoma CUTIS. Synonym.—Osteitis cutis. True bony deposits in the skin are ...
In Harris' case the osteoma developed in a laparotomy scar, in Coleman's ..."
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