myomectomy
noun
the surgical removal of a myoma, especially the excision of a fibroid tumor from the uterus.
myomectomies
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pluralof myomectomy.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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Fibroids are the reason for 30% of the 600,000 hysterectomies performed each year in the U.S. and 30,000 myomectomies, surgeries that remove the tumors but leave the uterus intact.
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