colpomyomectomy

colpomyomectomy
SYN: vaginal myomectomy. [colpo- + myoma + G. ektome, excision]

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col·po·myo·mec·to·my (kol″po-mi″o-mekґtə-me) vaginal myomectomy.

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  • Myomectomy — Surgery to remove a fibroid from the uterus. A fibroid, or leiomyoma, is a benign tumor that arises from the myometrium, the muscular wall of the uterus. The first myomectomy was performed by the American surgeon Washington Atlee in 1844. * * *… …   Medical dictionary

  • vaginal myomectomy — uterine myomectomy using a vaginal approach; called also colpomyomectomy …   Medical dictionary

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