See Also: osteocystoma(medicine)

subcategory (iou) and osteocystoma (medicine)


subcategory (iou)



subcategory noun. E20.
[from SUB- 2b + CATEGORY.]
A secondary or subordinate category; a subsection of a category.
subcategori'zation noun the action or an act of subcategorizing something M20.
subcategorize verb trans. divide into subcategories M20.

osteocystoma (medicine)


osteocystoma -->
solitary bone cyst


A unilocular cyst containing serous fluid and lined with a thin layer of connective tissue, occurring usually in the shaft of a long bone in a child.

Synonym: idiopathic bone cavity, osteocystoma, simple bone cyst, traumatic bone cyst, unicameral bone cyst.