myelomatosis

plural myelomatoses

1. countableuncountablemedicine(oncology) multiple myeloma

   If the tumour be termed myeloma the whole process may, for this reason, justly be termed "myelomatosis."

   1903, “A Case of Multiple Myeloma (Myelomatosis) with Bence-Jones Proteid in the Urine”, in Medico-Chirugical Transactions, number 83, pages 395–470

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   At the necropsy the bone marrow of all the bones examined was found to be more or less affected by a diffuse sarcoma-like growth of rounded or polyhedral mononuclear cells- a form of "multiple myeloma" or "myelomatosis".

   1904, Journal of Pathology and Bacteriology, volume 9, number 2