᾽ MYXOCYSTOMA myxocystoma

(miks’o-sis-to’mah). tom a. (miks’o-sit) (Gr. μύξα mucus + xbros cell]. One of the characteristic cells of mucous ti ue. myxodermia (miks-o-der’me-ah) [Gr. μύξα mucus + dépua skinj. An acute disease marked by ecchymoses, softening of the skin, and contraction of certain muscles. myxosdema (miks-e-de’mah). See myxedema. myxo-enchondroma (mik’so-en-kon-dro’mah). A chondroma in which some of the elements have undergone mucous degeneration. ofibroma (miks’”o-fi-bro’mah). ended with fibroma. myrxofibrosarcoma (miks’0-fi’’bro-sar-ko’mah). A sarcoma with myxomatous and fibromatous elements. ᾿; myzxoglioma (miks’o-gli-o’mah). A glioma which undergone myxomatous degeneration. myrxoid (miks’oid) (Gr. μύξα mucus + εἶδος form]. Resembling mucus. m. cysto’ma, a proliferating cyst of the ovary; so called because its inner surface resembles a mucous membrane. myxoid edema (miks”’oid-e-de’mah). Influenza of a severe type; American grip. myxoinoma (miks’o-in-o’mah). Myxoma blended with inoma.. myxo lipoma (miks”’o-lip-o’mah). Myxoma blended with lipoma. myxoma, (miks-o’mah) [Gr. μύξα mucus + -ωμα tumor]. A tumor made up of mucous ti ue. It forms a soft, translucent growth, made up of variously shaped cells of connective ti ue and capillary ve els encased in a jelly-like matrix. cystic m., one which contains cavities. enchondromatous m., one containing cartilage in the intercellular substance. erectile m., one which contains an exce of ve els, so as to resemble an angioma. m. fibro’sum, myxoinoma. lipomatous m., one which contains a deposit of fat within the cells. m. sarcoma to’sum, myxo sarcoma. vascular m., a myxoma containing many blood-ve els.