Path. [mod.L., ad. Gr. τῡρωμα, f. τῡροῦν to make into cheese, curdle, f. τῡρός cheese.] A morbid formation or tumor of a cheesy consistence. Hence Tyromatous a., of the nature of a tyroma.
1848. Craigie, Elem. Anat., I. xi. 222. Tyroma glandularum. Tyromatous deposition. Ibid. I think that the term Tyroma (Τυρος, caseus) is most suited to express its nature. Ibid. This tyromatous substance.
1880. W. Aitken, Sc. & Pract. Med. (ed. 7), II. 476. Strumous tumors, as tubercles of the brain, or tyroma.
