myomectomy
[ mahy-uh-mek-tuh-mee ]
/ ˌmaɪ əˈmɛk tə mi /
noun, plural my·o·mec·to·mies.
the surgical removal of a myoma, especially the excision of a fibroid tumor from the uterus.
Words nearby myomectomy
myolipoma,
myology,
myolysis,
myoma,
myomalacia,
myomectomy,
myomelanosis,
myomere,
myometer,
myometrial,
myometritis
Example sentences from the Web for myomectomy
Many of these operations were complicated with ophorectomy, ovariotomy, or myomectomy.
One patient was operated upon two years after the myomectomy, and had borne a child in the interval, and the other seven years.
British Dictionary definitions for myomectomy
myomectomy
/ (ˌmaɪəˈmɛktəmɪ) /
noun plural -mies
surgical removal of a myoma, especially in the uterus
Medical definitions for myomectomy
myomectomy
[ mī′ə-mĕk′tə-mē ]
n.
Surgical removal of a myoma, especially of a uterine myoma.