cementoblastoma /ce·men·to·blas·to·ma/ (sĕ-men″to-blas-to´mah) a rare, benign odontogenic fibroma arising from the cementum and presenting as a proliferating mass contiguous with a tooth root.
cementoblastoma
ce·men·to·blas·to·ma (s -m n t -bl -st m )n. A benign tumor in which cells are developing into cementoblasts and there is a small amount of cementum or cementumlike material at the tooth root. |
cementoblastoma
[simen′tōblastō′mə] pl. cementoblastomas, cementoblastomata
Etymology: L, caementum + Gk, blastos, germ, oma, tumor
an odontogenic fibrous tumor consisting of cells developing into cementoblasts but containing only a small amount of calcified tissue.
cementoblastoma
an odontogenic fibroma whose cells are developing into cementoblasts and in which there is only a small proportion of calcified tissue.
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