LEIOMYOMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does leiomyoma mean? 

• LEIOMYOMA (noun)
  The noun LEIOMYOMA has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: LEIOMYOMA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LEIOMYOMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

myoma (a benign tumor composed of muscle tissue)

 Context examples 

This agent has been shown to induce apoptosis in leiomyoma cells.

(Eflornithine, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples of benign neoplasms include papilloma, adenofibroma, and leiomyoma.

(Fallopian Tube Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

Altogether, this may prevent the growth of endometrial epithelial cells and may reduce symptoms associated with leiomyoma.

(Dienogest, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples of benign neoplasms include lipoma and leiomyoma.

(Cecum Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include leiomyoma and adenoma of the ciliary epithelium.

(Benign Ciliary Body Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

A translocation of the HMGA2 gene and this gene may be associated with leiomyoma.

(CCNB1IP1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include leiomyoma and leiomyosarcoma.

(Fallopian Tube Soft Tissue Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

Mutation of the gene is associated with hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cell cancer, multiple cutaneous and uterine leiomyomata and fumarase deficiency.

(FH wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

A leiomyoma characterized by the presence of abundant myxoid matrix.

(Myxoid Leiomyoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A cutaneous leiomyoma arising from the arrector pili muscle.

(Pilar Leiomyoma, NCI Thesaurus)