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osteoma

/os-tee-oh-muh/US // ˌɒs tiˈoʊ mə //UK // (ˌɒstɪˈəʊmə) //

骨瘤,骨质瘤,骨肿瘤,骨疣

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural os·te·o·mas, os·te·o·ma·ta [os-tee-oh-muh-tuh]. /ˌɒs tiˈoʊ mə tə/. Pathology.

    • : a benign tumor composed of osseous tissue.

Examples

  • The spongy or cancellous osteoma is really an ossified chondroma, and is met with at the ends of the long bones (Fig. 52).

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

  • Subungual exostosis is an osteoma growing from the terminal phalanx of the great toe (Fig. 107).

  • Clinically, the osteoma forms a hard, indolent tumour attached to a bone.

  • Osteoma—usually the ivory variety—may originate in the wall of the orbit, or may spread from the adjacent sinuses.