pseudomyxoma

pseudomyxoma

 [soo″do-mik-so´mah] 1. a mass of epithelial mucus resembling a myxoma.2. pseudomyxoma peritonei.pseudomyxoma peritone´i the presence in the peritoneal cavity of mucoid material from a ruptured ovarian cyst or a ruptured mucocele of the appendix.

pseu·do·myx·o·ma

(sū'dō-mik-sō'mă), A gelatinous mass resembling a myxoma but composed of mucus.

pseu·do·myx·o·ma

(sū'dō-miks-ō'mă) A gelatinous mass resembling a myxoma but composed of epithelial mucus.