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myoma

American  
[mahy-oh-muh] / maɪˈoʊ mə /

noun

Pathology.
  • myomas,
    plural
  • myomata
    plural
  1. a tumor composed of muscular tissue.


myoma British  
/ maɪˈəʊmə /

noun

  1. a benign tumour composed of muscle tissue

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Origin of myoma

First recorded in 1870–75; my- + -oma


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When fibroids are complicated by pregnancy, impaction and consequent abortion may take place, or a cervical myoma may offer a mechanical obstacle to delivery or lead to serious post partem haemorrhage.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various

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

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

Myoma.—A myoma is composed of non-striped muscle fibres.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson

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

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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