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From textile + -oma.
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deinonychus commented on the word textiloma
Fabric inside the body, looking like a tumour. "Hemostat-associated mass lesions have been variously referred to as textilomas, gossypibomas, gauzomas, or muslinomas" (source)
March 13, 2017
deinonychus commented on the word textiloma
And now I see that gossypiboma already was a popular word here, but maybe we need three synonyms for it so that we can use it many times in a conversation without being repetitive?
March 13, 2017