Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A tumor composed of muscle tissue.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A neoplasm or tumor composed of muscular tissue.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) A tumor consisting of muscular tissue.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun pathology A
tumor comprised of muscle tissue, usually benign and commonly occurring in theuterus and theesophagus .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a benign tumor composed of muscle tissue
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Examples
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They're also called myoma, leiomyoma, leiomyomata and fibromyoma.
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: For Women of Child-Bearing Age, What to Know About Painful Fibroids M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2011
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They're also called myoma, leiomyoma, leiomyomata and fibromyoma.
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: For Women of Child-Bearing Age, What to Know About Painful Fibroids M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2011
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They're also called myoma, leiomyoma, leiomyomata and fibromyoma.
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: For Women of Child-Bearing Age, What to Know About Painful Fibroids M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2011
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They're also called myoma, leiomyoma, leiomyomata and fibromyoma.
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: For Women of Child-Bearing Age, What to Know About Painful Fibroids M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2011
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Known as the “laparoscopic myoma coagulation,” or “myolysis,” the procedure uses the customary tiny abdominal incision, into which your doctor will place special laser equipment that works to destroy the blood supply of your tumor.
Getting Pregnant Niels H. Lauersen 2000
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He also refers to the frequency of myoma of the uterus among those who have not become pregnant or who have long ceased to bear children.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 Analysis of the Sexual Impulse; Love and Pain; The Sexual Impulse in Women Havelock Ellis 1899
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On April 18, 1881, Keith, late of Edinburgh, now of London, successfully removed an edematous myoma, together with the uterus, which was 42 pounds in weight.
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A diagnosis was made of multilocular ovarian cyst or edematous myoma of the uterus, and on the morning of December 7, 1890, an operation was performed.
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A diagnosis was made of multilocular ovarian cyst or edematous myoma of the uterus, and on the morning of December 7, 1890, an operation was performed.
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In a recent work Tait 15.32 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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