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pseudomyxoma

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pseudomyxoma /pseu·do·myx·o·ma/ (-mik-so´mah)
1. a mass of epithelial mucus resembling a myxoma.
2. p. peritonei.
pseudomyxoma peritone´i  the presence in the peritoneal cavity of mucoid matter from a ruptured ovarian cyst or a ruptured mucocele of the appendix.
pseu·do·myx·o·ma (sd-mk-sm)
n.
A gelatinous mass resembling a myxoma but composed of epithelial mucus.
pseudomyxoma
[-miksō′mə]
a mucus-rich tumor.
pseudomyxoma [soo″do-mik-so´mah]
1. a mass of epithelial mucus resembling a myxoma.
2. pseudomyxoma peritonei.
pseudomyxoma peritone´i the presence in the peritoneal cavity of mucoid material from a ruptured ovarian cyst or a ruptured mucocele of the appendix.
pseudomyxoma
a mass of epithelial mucus resembling a myxoma.
pseudomyxoma peritonei
the presence in the peritoneal cavity of mucoid material from a ruptured ovarian cyst or a ruptured mucocele.
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