Meanings
- not comparableOf or relating to a rhabdomyoma.
An identical method of examination demonstrated the same property of refraction in the fibres of a tumor of a rhabdomyomatous nature preserved in the Pathological Institute of Stockholm.
1883 August 18, “Rhabdomyoma of the Orbit”, in The Medical News. A Weekly Medical Journal., volume XLIII, number 7, Philadlephia, Pa.: Henry C[harles] Lea’s Son & Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, “Medical Progress” section, page 177, column 22 more examples
The fact that uterine myomata often contain various heterotopic inclusions—comprising epithelial, cartilaginous, calcareous, osseous, mucoid, fatty and even rhabdomyomatous elements—points to their pre-natal origin.
1908, W[illiam] Roger Williams, “The Genesis of Malignant Tumours”, in The Natural History of Cancer, with Special Reference to Its Causation and Prevention, New York, N.Y.: William Wood and Company, →OCLC, page 145Most rhabdomyomatous tumours are either embryonic growths derived from immature myoblastic or undifferentiated mesenchymal tissue or mixed tumours in which other heterotopic tissues besides muscle are differentiated.
1948, R[upert] A[llan] Willis, “Rhabdomyoma, Rhabdomyosarcoma and Rhabdomyoblastic Mixed Tumours”, in Pathology of Tumours, London: Butterworth & Co. […], →OCLC, page 739Synonyms: rhabdomyoid
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOf or relating to a rhabdomyoma.
Origin
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