myoma
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myomas,
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myomata
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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
The chief causes are septic endometritis following labour or abortion, gangrene of a myoma, gonorrhoea, tuberculosis and cancer of the uterus; it sometimes follows the specific fevers.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various
Myoma.—A myoma is composed of non-striped muscle fibres.
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
Fibroid tumours of the uterus are described with myoma.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
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
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
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