See Also: progonoma of jaw(medicine)
progonoma(medicine)

cleromancy (iou) and progonoma of jaw (medicine)


cleromancy (iou)



cleromancy noun. Now rare. E17.
[from Greek kleros chance, lot + -MANCY.]
Divination by lots.

progonoma of jaw (medicine)


progonoma of jaw -->
melanotic neuroectodermal tumour of infancy


A benign neoplasm of neuroectodermal origin that most often involves the anterior maxilla of infants in the first year of life. It presents clinically as a rapidly growing blue-black lesion producing a destructive radiolucency; histologically, it is characterised by small round undifferentiated tumour cells interspersed with larger polyhedral melanin-producing cells arranged in an alveolar configuration.

Synonym: melanoameloblastoma, pigmented ameloblastoma, pigmented epulis, progonoma of jaw, retinal anlage tumour.