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CANCELLOUS OSTEOMA

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Definitions of CANCELLOUS OSTEOMA

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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An o. in which the texture of the tumor is soft and spongy. It consists of thin and delicate trabeculae inclosing large medullary spaces resembling those of cancellous bone,

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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