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Definition of Leiomyomas
1. leiomyoma [n] - See also: leiomyoma
Lexicographical Neighbors of Leiomyomas
Literary usage of Leiomyomas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Operative Gynecologic Laparoscopy: Principles and Techniques by Camran Nezhat (2000)
"The uterus is palpated to ensure that no small intramural leiomyomas remain.
It is returned to the peritoneal cavity. The fascia is closed with a 1-0 ..."
2. Neoplastic Diseases: A Treatise on Tumors by James Ewing (1922)
"In actively growing tumors there is increase in the neoplastic characters of the
cells, especially in their size, and in malignant leiomyomas very large ..."
3. Collected Papers by the Staff of Saint Mary's Hospital, Mayo Clinic by Saint Marys Hospital (Rochester, Minn.) (1922)
"... of ten cases, has been histologically subdivided into three leiomyomas, ...
The three leiomyomas were classified clinically, primary. ..."
4. Fibroids and Allied Tumours (myoma and Adenomyoma): Their Pathology by Cuthbert Lockyer (1918)
"... (leiomyomas).1 leiomyomas are tumours of mesenchymal origin ; the cells tend
to differentiate into smooth muscle-cells ; these growths occur not only in ..."
5. Eighth Annual Report on Carcinogens: 1998 Summary edited by Barry Leonard (1999)
"Clear evidence of carcinogenicity in the urinary bladder of F344/N rats was
evidenced by increased incidences of transitional cell neoplasms, leiomyomas or ..."
6. Mammalian Models for Research on Aging by Bennett J. Cohen, Institute Of Laboratory Animal Resources, National Research Council Staff (1981)
"Additionally, leiomyosarcomas and leiomyomas occur in 5-l0 percent of 30-month-old
BALB/c mice (Malinin and Malinin, l972). Investigators planning to use ..."
7. The Principles of Pathologic Histology by Frank Burr Mallory (1914)
"... in the caseous material of old tuberculous lesions, in necrotic retained
placentas and especially perhaps in necrotic portions of tumors (leiomyomas). ..."
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