MYOMETRIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does myometrium mean? 

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

1. the smooth muscle forming the wall of the uterus

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MYOMETRIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The smooth muscle forming the wall of the uterus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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

involuntary muscle; smooth muscle (a muscle that contracts without conscious control and found in walls of internal organs such as stomach and intestine and bladder and blood vessels (excluding the heart))

Holonyms ("myometrium" is a part of...):

uterus; womb (a hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females; contains the developing fetus)

 Context examples 

Of or pertaining to the myometrium.

(Myometrial, NCI Thesaurus)

A protein matrix located between the placenta and the myometrium.

(Nitabuch's Fibrinoid, NCI Thesaurus)

Histologically-confirmed deep attachment of the placenta into the myometrium that does not cross the serosa.

(Placenta Increta, NCI Thesaurus)

Histologically-confirmed deep attachment of the placenta into the myometrium and serosa.

(Placenta Percreta, NCI Thesaurus)

For cervical cancer, there is no FIGO stage IC; for endometrial cancer, in the older FIGO classification stage scheme, it referred to invasion of more than a half of the myometrium.

(FIGO Stage IC, NCI Thesaurus)

A complete hydatidiform mole or very rarely a partial mole that invades the myometrium.

(Invasive hydatidiform mole, NCI Thesaurus)

By acting directly on the myometrium, dinoprostone induces uterine and gastrointestinal smooth muscle contractions.

(Dinoprostone, NCI Thesaurus)

It may extend to the myometrium and parametrial tissues.

(Endometritis, NCI Thesaurus)

A layer occurring in the endometrial lining of the uterus which is adjacent to the myometrium and below the functional layer.

(Basal Layer of the Endometrium, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-neoplastic trophoblastic disorder characterized by the presence of an increased number of implantation-site intermediate trophoblasts infiltrating the endometrium and myometrium extensively.

(Exaggerated Placental Site, NCI Thesaurus)