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MYXOMA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: myxomata   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A benign tumor of connective tissue containing jellylike material

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

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

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 Context examples: 

Representative examples include endocarditis, pericarditis, atrial myxoma, cardiac myeloid sarcoma, and pericardial malignant mesothelioma.

(Heart Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

A cutaneous myxoma arising from the hair follicle.

(Follicular Myxoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A myxoma arising from the endocardium.

(Cardiac Myxoma, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by the presence of myxomas in the heart and skin, skin hyperpigmentation, increased endocrine activity and schwannomas.

(Carney complex, NCI Thesaurus)

A myxoma with increased cellularity.

(Cellular Myxoma, NCI Thesaurus)