FIBROADENOMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fibroadenoma mean? 

• FIBROADENOMA (noun)
  The noun FIBROADENOMA has 1 sense:

1. benign and movable and firm and not tender tumor of the breast; common in young women and caused by high levels of estrogen

  Familiarity information: FIBROADENOMA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FIBROADENOMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Benign and movable and firm and not tender tumor of the breast; common in young women and caused by high levels of estrogen

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("fibroadenoma" is a kind of...):

adenoma (a benign epithelial tumor of glandular origin)

 Context examples 

A fibroadenoma characterized by a very large size.

(Giant Fibroadenoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A slightly increased risk of developing cancer within fibroadenomas or in the breast tissue of patients previously treated for fibroadenomas has been reported.

(Fibroadenoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A morphologic variant of fibroadenoma without clinical significance.

(Intracanalicular Fibroadenoma, NCI Thesaurus)

This method is also valuable in diagnosis of benign abnormal conditions of the breast such as fibroadenoma, mastitis, abscess, and cysts.

(Mammogram, NCI Thesaurus)

Fibroadenomas are the most common benign breast tumors.

(Fibroadenoma, NCI Dictionary)

The typical examples are fibroadenoma and phyllodes tumor.

(Breast Fibroepithelial Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples of neoplastic disorders include fibroadenoma, lobular neoplasia, carcinoma, lymphoma, and sarcoma.

(Breast Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

In females incidence 89%, mostly uterine adenocarcinomas, mammary fibroadenomas and pituitary adenomas.

(DONRYU, Rat Strain, NCI Thesaurus)

Interstitial cell testicular tumors 65%, mononuclear cell leukemia 24%, subcutaneous fibroadenoma 9% in females.

(F344, Rat Strain, NCI Thesaurus)

A fibroadenoma characterized by epithelial hyperplasia and an increased stromal cellularity.

(Juvenile Fibroadenoma, NCI Thesaurus)