| Anaplasma centrale | A species that causes benign anaplasmosis of cattle. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| systema nervosum centrale | An alternate term for central nervous system, central nervous system. (05 Mar 2000) |
| os centrale | A small bone occasionally found at the dorsal aspect of the wrist between the scaphoid, capitate, and trapezoid; it is developed as an independent cartilage in early foetal life but usually becomes fused with the scaphoid; it occurs normally in most monkeys. Synonym: central bone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| os centrale tarsi | A bone of the tarsus on the medial side of the foot articulating with the head of the talus, the three cuneiform bones, and occasionally the cuboid. Synonym: os naviculare, central bone of ankle, os centrale tarsi. (05 Mar 2000) |
| giant osteoid osteoma | A benign, painful, tumour of bone characterised by the formation of osteoid tissue, primitive bone and calcified tissue. It occurs frequently in the spine of young persons. (12 Dec 1998) |
| osteoid osteoma | <radiology> M more than F, 15 - 30 years of age, lucent nidus with thickened cortex, metaphyseal, femur, talus, tibia, patella, rarely spine, never skull or clavicle, pain at night, relievey be inflammatory rather than neoplastic, treatment: leave it (disappears in 4-6 yrs), or remove nidus, Differential diagnosis: TB abscess, chronic osteo (Brodie abscess), sclerosing osteomyelitis of Garre (12 Dec 1998) |
| osteoma | <oncology, tumour> Benign tumour of bone. (18 Nov 1997) |
| osteoma medullare | An osteoma containing spaces that are filled (or partly filled) with various elements of bone marrow. Osteoid osteoma, a painful benign neoplasm that usually originates in one of the bones of the lower extremities, especially the femur or tibia of adolescent and young adult persons; characterised by a nidus (usually no larger than 1 cm in diameter) that consists of osteoid material, vascularised osteogenic stroma, and poorly formed bone; around the nidus there is a relatively large zone of reactive thickening of the cortex. Osteoma spongiosum, an osteoma that consists chiefly of cancellous bone tissue. (05 Mar 2000) |
| osteoma, osteoid | Benign circumscribed tumour of spongy bone occurring especially in the bones of the extremities and vertebrae, most often in young persons. (12 Dec 1998) |
| fibro-osteoma | <tumour> An osteoma in which the neoplastic bone-forming cells are situated within a relatively abundant stroma of fibrous tissue. (05 Mar 2000) |