myoma

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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.

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  1. noun A tumor composed of muscle tissue.

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  1. New Latin, from Greek μῡς, a muscle, + -oma.
 

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/maɪˈoʊmə/
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