Neoplastic Process
cementoma
Subclass of:
Odontogenic Tumors
Etymology:
Latin caedere = to cut + Greek -oma = tumor or swelling
Definitions related to cementoma:
  • An odontogenic fibroma in which cells have developed into cementoblasts and which consists largely of cementum.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • An odontogenic tumor of the cementum of tooth.
    Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)
    The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
  • (cementoblastoma) A rare benign bone-forming neoplasm usually arising from the jaw. It is a well-circumscribed lytic tumor that varies in size. The cell of origin is the cementoblast.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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