RHABDOMYOMA (rhabdomyomata)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: rhabdomyomata   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does rhabdomyoma mean? 

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

1. benign tumor of striated muscle

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• RHABDOMYOMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Benign tumor of striated muscle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

myoma (a benign tumor composed of muscle tissue)

 Context examples 

A morphologic variant of fetal rhabdomyoma characterized by the presence of a prominent myxoid stroma and primitive skeletal spindle cells.

(Classic Rhabdomyoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A morphologic variant of fetal rhabdomyoma characterized by the presence of spindle cell myoblasts and strap-like skeletal muscle cells.

(Intermediate Rhabdomyoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include rhabdomyoma, alveolar soft part sarcoma, AIDS-related Kaposi sarcoma, and endometrioid stromal sarcoma.

(Cervical Soft Tissue Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include endocervical polyp, rhabdomyoma, carcinoma, and melanoma.

(Cervical Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

There is an association between cardiac rhabdomyoma and tuberous sclerosis.

(Cardiac Rhabdomyoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include squamous papilloma, endocervical polyp, and rhabdomyoma.

(Benign Cervical Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

A cardiac rhabdomyoma characterized by the presence of neoplastic large striated muscle cells with clear cytoplasm and spider cells.

(Conventional Cardiac Rhabdomyoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Cardiac rhabdomyoma occurring in adults.

(Adult Cardiac Cellular Rhabdomyoma, NCI Thesaurus)