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Definition of Leiomyoma
1. Noun. Benign tumor of smooth muscle (usually in the uterus or digestive tract).
Definition of Leiomyoma
1. Noun. (pathology) A non-cancerous tumor of smooth muscle. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Leiomyoma
1. [n -MATA or -MAS]
Medical Definition of Leiomyoma
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Leiomyoma
Literary usage of Leiomyoma
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Principles of Pathologic Histology by Frank Burr Mallory (1914)
"... (leiomyoma) Definition.—A tumor of mesenchymal origin of which the cells tend
to differentiate into smooth muscle-cells. Type Cell. ..."
2. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"The prostatic enlargement of old age is due to leiomyoma of the gland. Myomata are
tumors of later life. Angioma. ..."
3. Diseases of the Skin: A Textbook for Students and Practitioners by J. M. H. MacLeod (1921)
"leiomyoma ; Dermato-myoma. The myomata constitute a rare group of neoplasms in
which the new-growth is made up chiefly of smooth muscle fibres, ..."
4. The Principles of Pathologic Histology by Frank Burr Mallory (1914)
"... (leiomyoma) Definition.—A tumor of mesenchymal origin of which the cells tend
to differentiate into smooth muscle-cells. Type Cell. ..."
5. Handbook of Diseases of the Skin by Hugo Ziemssen (1885)
"In the muscular system, probably its visceral portion, is rudimentarily preformed:
THE MYOMA OF THE SKIS' (leiomyoma CUTIS). The smooth muscular fibres of ..."
6. A Manual of Pathology by Joseph Coats (1903)
"Myoma, the rhabdomyoma rare, the leiomyoma common, structure and relations of
latter, Wood's painful subcutaneous tubercle ; 7. ..."
7. Atlas and epitome of general pathologic histology by Hermann Dürck, Ludvig Hektoen (1904)
"leiomyoma consists of smooth muscle- fibers arranged in bundles, nearly always
interlaced and knotted, so that the tumor appears spheric and macro- ..."
8. Neoplastic Diseases: A Treatise on Tumors by James Ewing (1922)
"Yet pure leiomyoma occurs in the gastro-intestinal wall and the early stages of
... leiomyoma leiomyoma occurs in the form of single or more often multiple, ..."
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