MYOMA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: myomata   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A benign tumor composed of muscle tissue

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("myoma" is a kind of...):

benign tumor; benign tumour; nonmalignant neoplasm; nonmalignant tumor; nonmalignant tumour (a tumor that is not cancerous)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "myoma"):

leiomyoma (benign tumor of smooth muscle (usually in the uterus or digestive tract))

rhabdomyoma (benign tumor of striated muscle)

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