In medicine|lang=en terms the difference between benign and osteoma
is that benign is (medicine) not posing any serious threat to health; not particularly aggressive or recurrent while osteoma is (medicine) a benign bony tumour that typically grows on the skull.
As an adjective benign
is kind; gentle; mild.
As a noun osteoma is
(medicine) a benign bony tumour that typically grows on the skull.
benign
English
Adjective
(en-adj)
Kind; gentle; mild.
* (of a climate or environment) mild and favorable
* not harmful to the environment: [in combination] an ozone-benign refrigerant.
(medicine) Not posing any serious threat to health; not particularly aggressive or recurrent.
Antonyms
* malign
* malignant
Derived terms
* benignly
* benignant
* benignity
* benign neglect
* benign tumor
osteoma
English
Noun
(
wikipedia osteoma)
(
en-noun)
(medicine) A benign bony tumour that typically grows on the skull
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