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myeloma (mi″ә-lo´mә)   a tumor composed of plasma cells of the type normally found in the bone marrow.
  multiple myeloma.
 

giant cell myeloma  giant cell tumor (def. 1).

plasma cell myeloma  multiple myeloma.

sclerosing myeloma  myeloma associated with osteosclerosis, most often manifested by polyneuropathy.

solitary myeloma  a variant of multiple myeloma in which there is a single localized tumor focus. Called also plasma cell tumor.





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