Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A form of endometriosis characterized by the invasive, usually benign growth of tissue into smooth muscle such as the uterus.
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- noun medicine A condition characterized by the presence of
endometrial tissue in themyometrium , sometimes considered as a form ofendometriosis .
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- noun the presence of endometrium elsewhere than in the lining of the uterus; causes premenstrual pain and dysmenorrhea
Etymologies
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Examples
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Heavy and sometimes painful menstrual periods in women in our forties may be associated with a condition known as adenomyosis.
Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006
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Heavy and sometimes painful menstrual periods in women in our forties may be associated with a condition known as adenomyosis.
Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006
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Heavy and sometimes painful menstrual periods in women in our forties may be associated with a condition known as adenomyosis.
Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006
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Heavy and sometimes painful menstrual periods in women in our forties may be associated with a condition known as adenomyosis.
Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006
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In some instances, endometrial tissue can also invade the muscle wall of the uterus, causing a problem known as adenomyosis.
Getting Pregnant Niels H. Lauersen 2000
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They will also compare their current results with those reported for myomectomy and uterine artery embolization and investigate the efficacy of MRgFUS in treating other uterine conditions, such as adenomyosis, a condition in which tissue that normally lines the uterus also grows within the muscular walls of the uterus, said Hesley.
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Got an MRI done where I worked and it showed adenomyosis.
In Defense of the Hysterectomy aka TBTAM 2007
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Most cases of endometriosis, adenomyosis, and fibroids.
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Hysterectomy is the only way to diagnose adenomyosis definitively, and may be recommended to treat symptoms.
Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006
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Among the more common reasons are hormone imbalance caused by your body secreting too much estrogen or not enough progesterone; the effects of hormone pills; fibroids; polyps; adenomyosis (see page 209); infection; abnormal growth of the uterine lining (endometrium); chronic endometritis (inflammation or infection of the lining of the uterus); and thyroid hormonal changes.
Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006
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