Definitions for osteomas

osteomas os·te·o·ma

Spelling: [os-tee-oh-muh]
IPA: /ˌɒs tiˈoʊ mə/

Osteomas is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 245 anagrams from letters in osteomas (aemoosst).

Definitions for osteomas

noun

  1. a benign tumor composed of osseous tissue.

Origin of osteomas

First recorded in 1840-50; oste- + -oma

Examples for osteomas

Clinically, the osteoma forms a hard, indolent tumour attached to a bone.

The multiple variety of osteoma is considered with the diseases of bone.

osteoma—usually the ivory variety—may originate in the wall of the orbit, or may spread from the adjacent sinuses.

Subungual exostosis is an osteoma growing from the terminal phalanx of the great toe (Fig. 107).

Word Value for osteomas
Scrable

9

Words with friends

10

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