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myomectomy
[ mahy-uh-mek-tuh-mee ]
noun
, plural my·o·mec·to·mies.
- the surgical removal of a myoma, especially the excision of a fibroid tumor from the uterus.
myomectomy
/ ˌmaɪəˈmɛktəmɪ /
noun
- surgical removal of a myoma, especially in the uterus
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Word History and Origins
Origin of myomectomy1
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Example Sentences
I have not known a patient to become pregnant after abdominal myomectomy for a submucous fibroid, large or small.
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One patient was operated upon two years after the myomectomy, and had borne a child in the interval, and the other seven years.
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Three months previously this woman had undergone abdominal myomectomy.
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Many of these operations were complicated with ophorectomy, ovariotomy, or myomectomy.
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