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myeloma

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my⋅e⋅lo⋅ma

[mahy-uh-loh-muh]
–noun, plural -mas, -ma⋅ta [-muh-tuh] . Pathology.
a tumor of plasma cells, arising in bone marrow, and often occurring at multiple sites, as in the vertebrae and flat skull bones.


Origin:
1855–60; myel- + -oma
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my·e·lo·ma   (mī'ə-lō'mə)   
n.   pl. my·e·lo·mas or my·e·lo·ma·ta (-mə-tə)
A malignant tumor formed by the cells of the bone marrow.
my'e·lo'ma·toid' (-toid') adj.
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Main Entry: my·e·lo·ma
Pronunciation: "mI-&-'lO-m&
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural my·e·lo·mas or my·e·lo·ma·ta /-m&t-&/
: a primary tumor of the bone marrow formed of any one of the bone marrow cells (as myelocytes orplasma cells) and usually involving several different bones at the same time —see MULTIPLE MYELOMA
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myeloma my·e·lo·ma (mī'ə-lō'mə)
n. pl. my·e·lo·mas or my·e·lo·ma·ta (-mə-tə)
A tumor composed of cells derived from hemopoietic tissues of the bone marrow.

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