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Definition of Myxoma
1. Noun. A benign tumor of connective tissue containing jellylike material.
Definition of Myxoma
1. n. A tumor made up of a gelatinous tissue resembling that found in the umbilical cord.
Definition of Myxoma
1. Noun. A tumor of primitive connective tissue. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Myxoma
1. a tumor composed of mucous tissue [n -MAS or -MATA]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Myxoma
Literary usage of Myxoma
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text-book of pathology by Alfred Stengel (1899)
"myxoma is a tumor composed of connective- tissue cells and an intercellular
substance containing ... A typical myxoma is a soft, more or less flabby growth ..."
2. Microscopical Morphology of the Animal Body in Health and Disease by Carl Heitzmann (1883)
"All secondary changes, however, must be separated from the primary forms of
tumors, as enumerated in the above system. 1. myxoma. MUCOID TUMOR. ..."
3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1894)
"A. RARE VARIETY OF NASAL myxoma. DR. Ltrc reports (Arch. Internal., No. ...
It appeared to be an inflamed myxoma in way ol active sarcomatous transformation ..."
4. Surgical Pathology and Therapeutics by John Collins Warren (1900)
"myxoma may occur alone or in combination with other tissues. A pure myxoma with
very few cells in it, consisting principally of J ..."
5. An introduction to pathology and morbid anatomy by Thomas Henry Green (1884)
"myxoma. —A minute piece of a myxoma of the arm, showing the characteristic branched
anastomosing cells. There are also a few leucocytes, and one or two ..."
6. A Manual for the Practice of Surgery by Thomas Bryant (1881)
"myxoma. The name myxoma is given to all tumors of connective-tissue type (not
epithelial) which contain mucus or min-in in their intercellular matter. ..."
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