adamantinoma
构词拆解
-oma
后缀
- -oma
- (pathology) Forming nouns indicating disease or morbidity. · (pathology, specifically) Forming nouns indicating tumors or masses, which may be non-neoplastic or (more often) neoplastic, and (if the latter) either benign or malignant (cancerous); in accord with present-day understanding of histopathology, the suffix is now nonproductive for non-neoplastic senses.
词源说明
From adamantine + -oma.
释义
名词noun
- 1(medicine, obsolete) A benign tumor of the jaw occurring occasionally in young people. These tumors originate in the enamel organ, developing from the remains of its epithelium, and may reach the size of an apple.
- 2(medicine) A rare bone cancer usually occurring in the bones of the lower leg and involving both epithelial and osteofibrous