Medical term:

psammoma



psammoma

 [sah-mo´mah]
a tumor, especially a meningioma, that contains psammoma bodies.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

psam·mo·ma

(sa-mō'mă),
Obsolete term for psammomatous meningioma or meningioma.
[psammo- + G. -oma, tumor]
Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

psammoma

(1) Psammoma body, see there.  
(2) An obsolete term for any tumour (benign or malignant) with psammoma bodies. 
(3) Psammomatous meningioma, see there. 
(4) Angiolithic sarcoma, see there.
Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.

psam·mo·ma

(sa-mō'mă)
Obsolete term for psammomatous meningioma
[psammo- + G. -oma, tumor]
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012


psam·mo·ma·tous

(sa-mō'mă-tŭs),
Possessing or characterized by the presence of psammoma bodies; refers usually to certain types of meningioma or to meningeal hyperplasia with psammoma bodies.
Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012


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