osteoman.
/ˌɒstɪˈəʊmə/, U.S. /ˌɑstiˈoʊmə/ Pathology.
A tumour of bone; spec. a well-circumscribed benign tumour composed of compact or trabecular bone, usually occurring in a bone of the skull.osteoid osteoma: see osteoid n. 2.
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exostosis1736
osteoid1845
osteoma1846
osteochondrophyte1848
1846 Brit. & Foreign Med. Rev. 26 462 The case of frontal osteoma here described.
1847–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. i. 135/1 By osteoma we understand a growth composed of bone.
1873 T. H. Green Introd. Pathol. & Morbid Anat. (ed. 2) 139 Osteomata or osseous tumours.
1918 Sci. Monthly Sept. 274 A dorsal vertebra of Platecarpus..from the Cretaceous of Kansas, presents an..example of an osteoma, the only one thus far known in a fossil condition.
1949 H. W. C. Vines Green's Man. Pathol. (ed. 17) xv. 385 An osteoma growing from the root of a tooth is known as a dental osteoma.
1951 Cancer 4 338/1 In this classification..the term ‘osteoma’ is restricted specifically to the designation of certain bony growths of appreciable size, which arise particularly in bones of the skull preformed in membrane.
1991 Lancet 9 Feb. 315/1 2 children were clinically assigned as gene carriers on the basis of gross cranial osteomas.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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