histoma

histoma definition - medical

his·to·ma (hĭ-stōˈmə)

noun pl. his·to·mas or his·to·ma·ta (-mə-tə)
A benign tumor having cytologic and histologic elements closely similar to those of normal tissue from which the tumor cells derive.

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