osteoma

[ os-tee-oh-muh ]
/ ˌɒs tiˈoʊ mə /

noun, 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.

Origin of osteoma

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

Words nearby osteoma

osteoid, osteoid osteoma, osteolipochondroma, osteology, osteolysis, osteoma, osteoma medullare, osteoma spongiosum, osteomalacia, osteomalacic, osteomalacic pelvis

Example sentences from the Web for osteoma

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

    Manual of Surgery |Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles

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

    Manual of Surgery |Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles

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

    Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition. |Alexander Miles

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

    Manual of Surgery |Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles

British Dictionary definitions for osteoma

osteoma
/ (ˌɒstɪˈəʊmə) /

noun plural -mata (-mətə) or -mas

a benign tumour composed of bone or bonelike tissue

Medical definitions for osteoma

osteoma
[ ŏs′tē-ō′mə ]

n. pl. os•te•o•mas

A benign tumor composed of bony tissue, often developing on the skull.