scatoma

scatoma
SYN: fecaloma. [scato- + G. -oma, tumor]

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sca·to·ma skə-'tō-mə n, pl -mas or -ma·ta -mət-ə a fecal mass in the colon or rectum that gives the impression of a tumor on palpation

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sca·to·ma (skə-toґmə) fecaloma.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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  • scatoma — /skeuh toh meuh/, n., pl. scatomas, scatomata / meuh teuh/. Med. a tumorlike mass of feces in the colon or rectum. [SCAT + OMA] * * * …   Universalium

  • scatoma — n. tumor like mass of feces in the colon or rectum (Medicine) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • scatoma — /skeuh toh meuh/, n., pl. scatomas, scatomata / meuh teuh/. Med. a tumorlike mass of feces in the colon or rectum. [SCAT + OMA] …   Useful english dictionary

  • fecaloma — An accumulation of inspissated feces in the colon or rectum giving the appearance of an abdominal tumor. SYN: coproma, fecal tumor, scatoma, stercoroma. * * * fe·ca·lo·ma (feґkə loґmə) [feces + oma] an accumulation of …   Medical dictionary

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