myoma
Americannoun
plural
myomas, myomatanoun
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Origin of myoma
Example Sentences
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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 Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
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 Ellis, Havelock
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
Rhabdomyoma, rab-dō-mī-ō′ma, n. a myoma consisting of striated muscular fibres.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
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
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