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myomectomy

[ mahy-uh-mek-tuh-mee ]

noun

, plural my·o·mec·to·mies.
  1. the surgical removal of a myoma, especially the excision of a fibroid tumor from the uterus.


myomectomy

/ ˌmaɪəˈmɛktəmɪ /

noun

  1. surgical removal of a myoma, especially in the uterus
“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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Word History and Origins

Origin of myomectomy1

First recorded in 1885–90; myom(a) + -ectomy
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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.

One patient was operated upon two years after the myomectomy, and had borne a child in the interval, and the other seven years.

Three months previously this woman had undergone abdominal myomectomy.

Many of these operations were complicated with ophorectomy, ovariotomy, or myomectomy.

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