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Definition of Myometrium
1. Noun. The smooth muscle forming the wall of the uterus.
Definition of Myometrium
1. Noun. (anatomy) The smooth muscle forming the wall of the uterus. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Myometrium
Literary usage of Myometrium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1914)
"The peripheral branches nourish the peripheral portion of the myometrium, and
the latter the remainder of the myometrium and the endometrium. ..."
2. The American Journal of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children (1916)
"Beyond this, an area where the cells of the myometrium were viable but no living
carcinoma cells. FIG. 3.—Low-power view. Complete necrosis at lower right ..."
3. Normal Histology: With Special Reference to the Structure of the Human Body by George Arthur Piersol (1916)
"The muscular coat, or myometrium, is composed of bundles of involuntary muscle
arranged ... The thick circular layer, the chief component of the myometrium, ..."
4. Gynecology by Brooke Melancthon Anspach (1921)
"CHAPTER XVI EASES OF THE ENDOMETRIUM AND myometrium 'metritis.—Endometritis, or
an inflammation of the mucous mem- ling the body of the uterus, ..."
5. A Textbook of Gynecology by Charles Alfred Lee Reed (1901)
"The myometrium, or the muscularis of the uterus, consists of bands of decussating
fibres arranged in different directions and in more or less definite ..."
6. Gynecological and Obstetrical Tuberculosis by Charles Camblos Norris (1921)
"The myometrium is often thickened, and may be the seat of small caseous areas
... The myometrium presents the usual evidence of inflammation either of the ..."
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