Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A benign tumor derived from smooth muscle, occurring most often in the uterus.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
liomyoma .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun pathology A
non- cancerous tumor ofsmooth muscle .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun benign tumor of smooth muscle (usually in the uterus or digestive tract)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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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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Estrogenic effects of organochlorine pesticides on uterine leiomyoma cells in vitro.
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Fibroids of the uterus, a condition called uterine leiomyoma, can be debilitating, leading to excessive
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Fibroids of the uterus, a condition called uterine leiomyoma, can be debilitating, leading to excessive
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Fibroids of the uterus, a condition called uterine leiomyoma, can be debilitating, leading to excessive
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Marsh E, Lin Z, Yin P, Milad M, Chakravarti D, et al. (2008) Differential expression of microRNA species in human uterine leiomyoma versus normal myometrium.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Chad J. Creighton et al. 2010
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In the horse, intestinal cancers such as intestinal adenocarcinoma, leiomyoma, leiomyosarcoma, myxosarcoma, ganglioneuroma, nerve sheath tumor, and carcinoid are challenging to differentiate from other conditions such as inflammatory bowel disease and internal abscesses.
TheHorse.com News 2010
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