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myoma

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /maɪˈəʊmə/
  • Received-Pronunciation: [maɪ̯ˈəʊ̯mə]
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /maɪˈoʊmə/
  • General-American: [maɪ̯ˈoʊ̯mə]
  • rhymes with -əʊmə

1

noun

Meaning 1

A tumor composed of muscle tissue, usually benign and commonly occurring in the uterus and the esophagus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a benign tumor composed of muscle tissue

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: benign tumor, benign tumour, nonmalignant tumor, nonmalignant tumour, nonmalignant neoplasm

Narrower terms: leiomyoma, rhabdomyoma

History

Etymology

From myo- + -oma.

Across languages

Translations

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: мио́ма (mióma) — tumor composed of muscle tissue
  • Catalan: mioma — tumor composed of muscle tissue
  • French: myome — tumor composed of muscle tissue
  • Greek: μύωμα (mýoma) — tumor composed of muscle tissue
  • Italian: mioma — tumor composed of muscle tissue
  • Japanese: 筋腫 (kinshu) — tumor composed of muscle tissue
  • Polish: mięśniak — tumor composed of muscle tissue
  • Spanish: mioma — tumor composed of muscle tissue
  • Swedish: myom — tumor composed of muscle tissue