rhabdomyomatous en · ADJ
Etymology
From rhabdo- + myomatous.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of or relating to a rhabdomyoma.
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 145:Most 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 739: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 2: