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osteoma

noun
os路​te路​o路​ma | \ 藢盲-st膿-藞艒-m蓹 How to pronounce osteoma (audio) \
plural osteomas also osteomata\ 藢盲-​st膿-​藞艒-​m蓹-​t蓹 How to pronounce osteomata (audio) \

Definition of osteoma

: a benign tumor composed of bone tissue

Examples of osteoma in a Sentence

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 The pneumatocele鈥檚 likely cause, an MRI would show, was an osteoma, or benign bone tumor, that had formed in the man鈥檚 sinus and was eroding through the base of the skull, Brown said. — Amy B Wang, miamiherald, "Man has nothing but air where part of his brain should be, puzzled doctor discover | Miami Herald," 13 Mar. 2018

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First Known Use of osteoma

1846, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for osteoma

New Latin

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osteoma

noun
os路​te路​o路​ma | \ 藢盲s-t膿-藞艒-m蓹 How to pronounce osteoma (audio) \
plural osteomas also osteomata\ -​m蓹t-​蓹 How to pronounce osteomata (audio) \

Medical Definition of osteoma

: a benign tumor composed of bone tissue

More from Merriam-Webster on osteoma

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