- fibromectomy
- SYN: myomectomy.
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fi·bro·mec·to·my (fi″bro-mekґtə-me) [fibroma + -ectomy] 1. excision of a fibroma. 2. uterine myomectomy.
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fibromectomy
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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
uterine myomectomy — surgical excision of a uterine myoma (leiomyoma); called also fibroidectomy and fibromectomy … Medical dictionary
