OSTEOBLASTOMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does osteoblastoma mean? 

• OSTEOBLASTOMA (noun)
  The noun OSTEOBLASTOMA has 1 sense:

1. benign tumor of bone and fibrous tissue; occurs in the vertebrae or femur or tibia or arm bones (especially in young adults)

  Familiarity information: OSTEOBLASTOMA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OSTEOBLASTOMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Benign tumor of bone and fibrous tissue; occurs in the vertebrae or femur or tibia or arm bones (especially in young adults)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("osteoblastoma" is a kind of...):

benign tumor; benign tumour; nonmalignant neoplasm; nonmalignant tumor; nonmalignant tumour (a tumor that is not cancerous)

 Context examples 

Representative examples include benign fibrous histiocytoma of bone, osteoma, osteoblastoma, chondroblastoma, and enchondroma.

(Benign Bone Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

An osteoblastoma characterized by the presence of prominent epithelioid osteoblasts and recurrences.

(Aggressive Osteoblastoma, NCI Thesaurus)