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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A pathological condition, characterized by the occurrence of multiple myelomata (tumor-like structures which are histologically suggestive of granulation tissue), affecting especially the thoracic skeleton, but found also elsewhere in the bony structures of the body.

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  • noun pathology multiple myeloma

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myelomat- (stem of myeloma) +‎ -osis

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