单词 | endometrioma |
释义 | > as lemmasendometrioma endometrioma n. Brit. /ˌɛndə(ʊ)miːtrɪˈəʊmə/ , U.S. /ˈˌɛndəˌmitriˈoʊmə/ , /ˈˌɛndoʊˌmitriˈoʊmə/ a tumour containing endometrial tissue; a localized swelling due to an area of endometriosis. [ < endometrium n. + -oma comb. form.] ΚΠ 1922 W. B. Bell in Jrnl. Obstet. & Gynæcol. 29 443 These extra-uterine growths have been described as ‘adenomyomata’ and ‘adenofibromyomata’... I have referred to such tumours as ‘endometriomata’ or as ‘endometriomyomata’ and ‘endometriofibromyomata’. I hope that gynæcologists will adopt this in the place of the older nomenclature. 1962 J. W. Huffman Gynecol. & Obstetr. xlv. 1035 The ovaries are buried in the adherent mass or are converted into endometriotic cysts or endometriomas. < as lemmas |
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