CHOLESTEATOMA
\kˌə͡ʊlstiːtˈə͡ʊmə], \kˌəʊlstiːtˈəʊmə], \k_ˌəʊ_l_s_t_iː_t_ˈəʊ_m_ə]\
Definitions of CHOLESTEATOMA
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1900 - A dictionary of medicine and the allied sciences
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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A non-neoplastic keratinizing mass with stratified squamous epithelium, frequently occurring in the meninges, central nervous system, bones of the skull, and most commonly in the middle ear and mastoid region.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Tumor caused by cellular degeneration.
By William R. Warner
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An encysted tumour, which presents upon the interior of the cyst several superimposed layers of cholesterin, which glisten like pearl. Hence it was named by Cruveilheir the laminated nacreous fatty tumour.
By Robley Dunglison
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[Greek] A cystic tumor, occuring particularly in the brain, containing fat-like, crystalline matter.
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[Greek] A conglomerate of epithelial cells produced in the middle ear by transformation of the mucous membrane into skin in which dermatitis and proliferation occur.
By Alexander Duane
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Tumor containing fat-like materials.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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PI. cholesteatomata. A form of cystic tumor containing small hairs and crystals of cholesterin. It occurs most frequently in the pia mater of the brain and sometimes in the subcutaneous areolar tissue. Under the microscope the contents show a laminated layer of flat, round, or polygonal cells, generally non-nuclear. [Gr.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe