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Definition of Myeloma
1. Noun. A tumor of the bone marrow (usually malignant) composed of cells normally found in bone marrow.
Specialized synonyms: Multiple Myeloma
Definition of Myeloma
1. Noun. (pathology) A malignant tumour arising from cells of the bone marrow, specifically plasma cells. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Myeloma
1. a tumor of the bone marrow [n -MAS or -MATA]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Myeloma
Literary usage of Myeloma
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Microscopical Morphology of the Animal Body in Health and Disease by Carl Heitzmann (1882)
"In analyzing the different varieties of myeloma, we are satisfied that there are
but two principal forms, which I propose to term (a) globo-myeloma, ..."
2. Racial/Ethnic Patterns of Cancer in the United States, 1988-1992 edited by Barry A. Miller (1997)
"MULTIPLE myeloma Multiple myeloma, sometimes called plasma cell myeloma, arises
in bone ... Multiple myeloma rarely occurs in the 30-54 year age group. ..."
3. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1912)
"Rev. de Chir., Paris, 1903, xxiii, 91-124. WEBER, FP A Case of Multiple
myeloma (myeloma- tosis) with Bence-Jones Proteid in the Urine (Myelopathic ..."
4. Microscopical Morphology of the Animal Body in Health and Disease by Carl Heitzmann (1883)
"myeloma) is not of a very malignant type where bone-tissue is formed, ...
The combinations of myeloma tissue with other varieties of tissue (lipoma, ..."
5. Transactions of the Association of American Physicians by Association of American Physicians (1900)
"Since that time at least seventeen cases of multiple primary bone tumors, presenting
the essential characteristics of multiple myeloma, have been reported. ..."
6. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1905)
"A CASE OF MULTIPLE myeloma. BY WG MACCALLUM, MD, Associate in Pathology, ...
The resemblance of the myeloma cells to those of the bone- marrow and ..."
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