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Definition of Textiloma
1. Noun. A mass of cotton matrix that is left behind in a body cavity during an operation.Ali Ihsan Okten, Mehmet Adam, and Yurdal Gezercan, “[ Textiloma: a case of foreign body mimicking a spinal mass]”, in ''European Spine Journal'', Springer (2006), volume 15 (supplement 5), pages 626–629: “Textiloma and gossypiboma are non-medical terms used to describe a mass of cotton matrix that is left behind in a body cavity during an operation.” ¹
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