myxoma
noun
a soft tumor composed of connective and mucoid tissue.
Example Sentences
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A myxomatous swelling attacked the phalanges and effected a complete absorption of the terminal phalanx.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
The hyaline cartilage composing the tumour frequently undergoes myxomatous degeneration, resulting in the formation of a glairy, semi-fluid jelly, and if this change takes place throughout the tumour it comes to resemble a cyst.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
The tumour is firm and elastic in consistence, but certain portions may be densely hard from calcification or ossification, while other portions may be soft and fluctuating as a result of myxomatous degeneration and liquefaction.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
The matrix of the tumour is made up of cartilaginous, myxomatous, sarcomatous, or angiomatous tissue, the proportion of these different elements varying in individual specimens, and it may include some portions that are adenomatous.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
The patient was a young lady, and the tumor, which was not painful, had undergone myxomatous degeneration.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
