myofibroma

myofibroma
A benign neoplasm that consists chiefly of fibrous connective tissue, with variable numbers of muscle cells forming portions of the neoplasm.

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myo·fi·bro·ma -fī-'brō-mə n, pl -mas also -ma·ta -mət-ə a tumor composed of fibrous and muscular tissue

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myo·fi·bro·ma (mi″o-fi-broґmə) leiomyoma.

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