Definition of Fibroid

1. Noun. Benign tumor containing fibrous tissue (especially in the uterus).

Exact synonyms: Fibroid Tumor
Generic synonyms: Fibroma

Definition of Fibroid

1. a. Resembling or forming fibrous tissue; made up of fibers; as, fibroid tumors.

Definition of Fibroid

1. Noun. (pathology) A benign tumour of the uterus that is comprised of either fibrous connective tissue or muscle. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fibroid

1. a fibroma [n -S] - See also: fibroma

Medical Definition of Fibroid

1. Benign smooth muscle tumours of the uterus. May cause irregular vaginal bleeding. Synonym: leiomyomata. (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fibroid

fibroelastic
fibroelastic membrane of larynx
fibroelastosis
fibroenchondroma
fibroepithelial
fibroepithelial polyp
fibroepithelioma
fibrofatty
fibroferrite
fibrofog
fibrofolliculoma
fibrogenesis
fibrogenic
fibrogliosis
fibrohyaline tissue
fibroid adenoma
fibroid inflammation
fibroid lung
fibroid tumor
fibroid tumour
fibroidectomy
fibroids
fibroin
fibroins
fibrokeratoma
fibrolamellar
fibrolamellar hepatocarcinoma
fibrolamellar liver cell carcinoma

Literary usage of Fibroid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of by William Osler, Thomas McCrae (1916)
"fibroid Phthisis In their monograph on fibroid Diseases of the Lung, Clark, Hartley, ... Pure fibroid—a condition in which there is no tubercle. 2. ..."

2. A Manual of Pathological Anatomy by Karl Rokitansky (1854)
"A further element of fibroid formations is a cylindrical, ... Another element, again, of fibroid growths is the nucleus and the nucleus-fibre in the ..."

3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1908)
"Obsi., 1907, Ivi, 736) reports 7 cases of operation for fibroid during ... One, a myomectomy case, had a very long pedicle and fibroid complicating a three ..."

4. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1906)
"The larger fibroid grew from the Fig. 2. A gravid uterus in sagittal section removed ... Delivery being impossible on account of a large cervical fibroid, ..."

5. An Introduction to pathology and morbid anatomy by Thomas Henry Green (1889)
"The most common change is the development of fibroid and gummy growths in the ... The growths—which are usually connected with fibroid thickenings of the ..."

6. The Pathology, diagnosis and treatment of diseases of women: Including the by Graily Hewitt (1874)
"Recurrent fibroid Tumor.—Symptoms produced by Presence of fibroid Uterine ... Removal of fibroid Tumors by Gastrotomy.—Statistics of the Operation and of ..."

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