Osteoma

Introduction: Osteoma

Description of Osteoma

Osteoma (medical condition): Benign bone tumor.

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Osteoma: A benign bone tumor.

Osteoma: A benign, slow-growing mass of mature, predominantly lamellar bone, usually arising from the skull or mandible. [osteo- + G. -oma, tumor]
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Osteoma: a slow growing benign tumor of consisting of bone tissue; usually on the skull or mandible.
Source: WordNet 2.1

Osteoma: A benign tumor composed of bone tissue or a hard tumor of bonelike structure developing on a bone (homoplastic osteoma) or on other structures (heteroplastic osteoma). (From Dorland, 27th ed).
Source: MeSH 2007

Osteoma as a Disease

Osteoma (medical condition): See Osteoma (disease information).
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  »Symptoms of Osteoma
  »Treatments for Osteoma

Osteoma: Related Diseases

Osteoma: Osteoma is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Bone conditions

More information on medical condition: Osteoma:

• Information about Osteoma
• Basic Summary for Osteoma
• Symptoms of Osteoma
• Treatments for Osteoma

Osteoma: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Osteoma:

• osteomata
• benign tumour
• paranasal sinuses
• osteoid osteoma
• osteoma cutis
• fibro-osteoma
• chondro-osteoma

Terms associated with Osteoma:

More specific terms for Osteoma:

• Osteoma, Osteoid

Source - MeSH 2007

Broader terms for Osteoma

• Neoplasms, Bone Tissue

Source - MeSH 2007

• benign tumor
• benign tumour
• nonmalignant tumor
• nonmalignant tumour
• nonmalignant neoplasm

Source - WordNet 2.1

Hierarchical classifications of Osteoma

The following list attempts to classify Osteoma into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• benign tumor,benign tumour,nonmalignant neoplasm,nonmalignant tumor,nonmalignant tumour
• neoplasm,tumor,tumour
• growth
• illness,malady,sickness,unwellness
• health problem,ill health,unhealthiness
• pathological state
• condition,status
• state

Source: WordNet 2.1

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Neoplasms
  • Neoplasms by Histologic Type
    • Neoplasms, Connective and Soft Tissue
      • Neoplasms, Connective Tissue
        • Neoplasms, Bone Tissue
          • Osteoma

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