myoma
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myomas,
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myomata
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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
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
Myoma.—A myoma is composed of non-striped muscle fibres.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
In a recent work Tait remarks that the largest uterine myoma which he ever removed weighed 68 pounds, and adds that it grew after the menopause.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
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
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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