myoma
Americannoun
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myomas,
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myomata
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noun
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The chief causes are sepsis following labour or abortion, extension of a gonorrhoeal vaginitis, or gangrene or infection of a uterine myoma.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various
In fact, the clinical differentiation between myoma and fibroma is almost impossible.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
On April 18, 1881, Keith, late of Edinburgh, now of London, successfully removed an edematous myoma, together with the uterus, which was 42 pounds in weight.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
A pure myoma is very rare, and is met with in organs possessed of non-striped muscle, such as the stomach, intestine, urinary bladder, and prostate.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
He also refers to the frequency of myoma of the uterus among those who have not become pregnant or who have long ceased to bear children.
From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 Analysis of the Sexual Impulse; Love and Pain; The Sexual Impulse in Women by Havelock Ellis
Cases of retention, epithelial and dermoid cysts have been observed; and there are isolated reports of the finding of papillomata, fibromata, lipomata, myomata and adenomata.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Chevalier Jackson
The benign tumours known as fibroids or myomata are very common.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various
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