myoma
Americannoun
plural
myomas, myomatanoun
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Origin of myoma
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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
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
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)
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 Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
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