tyroma

ty·ro·ma

(tī-rō'mă), A caseous tumor. [G. tyros, cheese, + -ōma, tumor]

tyroma

An obsolete, nonspecific term that formerly dignified a “tumour” with a caseous consistency, which could have included such diverse entities as a dermoid cyst, gouty tophus, metastatic adenocarcinoma with central necrosis, sebaceous cyst and tuberculous nodule with caseous necrosis.

ty·ro·ma

(tī-rō'mă) A caseous tumor. [G. tyros, cheese, + -ōma, tumor]