myoma
my·o·ma/maɪˈoʊmə/noun
myoma is a noun meaning “A tumor composed of muscle tissue, usually benign and commonly occurring in the uterus and the esophagus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled M-Y-O-M-A and has 3 syllables (my·o·ma), and it appears about once in every 59 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of myoma is myomas or myomata.
What does myoma mean?
noun
- 1
A tumor composed of muscle tissue, usually benign and commonly occurring in the uterus and the esophagus.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce myoma?
- UK /maɪˈəʊmə/
- UK [maɪ̯ˈəʊ̯mə]
- US /maɪˈoʊmə/
Myoma has 3 syllables, split my·o·ma in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-myoma.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of myoma
- myomas plural
- myomata plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is myoma?
Myoma appears about once in every 59 million words in written English, the 240,237th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Myoma in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense tumor composed of muscle tissue:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does myoma come from?
From myo- + -oma.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).