A benign, painful tumour of bone, usually consisting of a small nidus of osteoid with a rim of reactive bone, typically occurring in a bone of the lower extremity of children and adolescents.
Origin
1930s.
Definition of osteoid osteoma in US English:
osteoid osteoma
noun
A benign, painful tumour of bone, usually consisting of a small nidus of osteoid with a rim of reactive bone, typically occurring in a bone of the lower extremity of children and adolescents.