Definition of Keratoma

1. a skin disease [n -MAS or -MATA]

Medical Definition of Keratoma

1. A callus. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Keratoma

keratohyalin
keratohyalin granule
keratohyalin granules
keratoid exanthema
keratoidea
keratoiritis
keratokinase
keratoleptynsis
keratoleukoma
keratolysis exfoliativa
keratolysis plantare sulcatum
keratolytic
keratoma (current term)
keratoma hereditarium mutilans
keratoma malignum
keratomas
keratomata
keratome
keratomes
keratometer
keratometry
keratomileuses
keratomileusis
keratomycosis

Literary usage of Keratoma

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1895)
"It does not seem to him unreasonable that the scrotum should be the seat of keratoma. He believes it may be seen often in cases of varicocele. ..."

2. Skin Cancer by Henry Honeyman Hazen (1916)
"Pathologically, it is a true keratoma of wedge-like shape, with the apex pointing downward. The simple callosity is likewise too well known to merit comment ..."

3. The British Journal of Dermatology by British Association of Dermatology (1907)
"It did not develop into angio- keratoma, but chronic ulcers formed on the toes and dorsum of the right foot. The feet were always icy cold. ..."

4. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1905)
"... in a paper entitled "On the Tubercular Nature of Angio-keratoma and on the ... angio-keratoma. pityriasis rubra of Hebra, ..."

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