Definition of myxoma in English:
myxoma
nounPlural myxomas, Plural myxomata mɪkˈsəʊməmɪkˈsoʊmə
Medicine A benign tumour of connective tissue containing mucus or gelatinous material.
Example sentencesExamples
- The radiographic differential diagnosis included odontogenic myxoma, desmoplastic fibroma, and myofibromatosis.
- Searching for the source of embolic material resulted in the discovery of a cardiac myxoma in the left atrium.
- Surgical excision gives excellent short-term and long-term results that lead to an eventual cure of nonfamilial myxomas.
- The most common benign intracardiac tumors are myxomas.
- They are the third most common primary cardiac tumors after myxomas and lipomas, accounting for 7% of all primary cardiac tumors.
Derivatives
adjective mɪkˈsɒmətəs
Medicine At the far end of the spectrum, patients may have the true disease of mitral valve prolapse, with thickened, redundant, floppy mitral valve leaflets and myxomatous proliferation.
Example sentencesExamples
- The stroma itself was myxomatous with numerous calciferous bodies and occasional ganglion cells in clusters.
- The embolic material can be either myxomatous fragments of tumor or thrombi from the tumor surface.
- The tumor showed areas of fibrillar collagenous bands and myxomatous degeneration.
- The cut surface of the tumor was white and firm, although myxomatous areas were also present at the center of the tumor.