Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The presence of mucoid substance due to the rupture of a colloid cyst, giving the appearance of a myxoma: found especially in the peritoneal cavity after escape of the colloid contents of an ovarian cyst.
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Examples
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The treatment is good for patients with only specific cancers, like mesothelioma, appendix cancer and pseudomyxoma peritonea a rare cancer in the abdominal cavity that produces proteins called mucin, as well as some patients with colon cancer, according to UCSD.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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Specialists appendix cancer pseudomyxoma peritonei
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A graduate of Mark Morris High School and Washington State University, Aaron Reibe has pseudomyxoma peritonei, a fast-moving cancer that coats organs with mucus and strangles them.
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A graduate of Mark Morris High School and Washington State University, Aaron Reibe has pseudomyxoma peritonei, a fast-moving cancer that coats organs with mucus and strangles them.
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A graduate of Mark Morris High School and Washington State University, Aaron Reibe has pseudomyxoma peritonei, a fast-moving cancer that coats organs with mucus and strangles them.
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"I recall reading from earlier reports that chemo doesn't attack pseudomyxoma peritonei because the cancer doesn't have its own blood supply.
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"I recall reading from earlier reports that chemo doesn't attack pseudomyxoma peritonei because the cancer doesn't have its own blood supply.
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"I recall reading from earlier reports that chemo doesn't attack pseudomyxoma peritonei because the cancer doesn't have its own blood supply.
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