OSTEOMATA

OSTEOMA

osteoma

(noun) a slow growing benign tumor of consisting of bone tissue; usually on the skull or mandible

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

osteomata

plural of osteoma

Source: Wiktionary


OSTEOMA

Os`te*o"ma, n.; pl. Osteomata. Etym: [NL. See Osteo-, and -oma.] (Med.)

Definition: A tumor composed mainly of bone; a tumor of a bone.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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SUFFOCATION

(noun) the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped); “asphyxiation is sometimes used as a form of torture”


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