Orthopaedics · Skeletal System · Hard
Osteochondroma
Meaning: The most common benign bone tumour, a cartilage-capped bony outgrowth usually near a growth plate.
In practice: A painless hard lump near the knee in a teenager turned out to be an osteochondroma.
Word parts
- osteo- means bone
- -oma means a lump, mass or tumour
Many medical words are built from Greek and Latin parts like these, so learning a few helps you work out new terms.
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Which word means: Deviation of the long axis of one fracture fragment relative to the other.
Answer: Angulation
Which word means: Describing the spongy, honeycomb-like inner bone found at the ends of long bones and in vertebrae.
Answer: Cancellous
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