myomectomy

[ mahy-uh-mek-tuh-mee ]

noun

, plural my·o·mec·to·mies.

1. the surgical removal of a myoma, especially the excision of a fibroid tumor from the uterus.

myomectomy

/ ˌmaɪəˈmɛktəmɪ /

noun

1. surgical removal of a myoma, especially in the uterus

Word History and Origins

Origin of myomectomy¹

First recorded in 1885–90; myom(a) + -ectomy

Example Sentences

I have not known a patient to become pregnant after abdominal myomectomy for a submucous fibroid, large or small.

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One patient was operated upon two years after the myomectomy, and had borne a child in the interval, and the other seven years.

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Three months previously this woman had undergone abdominal myomectomy.

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Many of these operations were complicated with ophorectomy, ovariotomy, or myomectomy.

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