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FIBROID
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fibroid mean?
• FIBROID (noun)
The noun FIBROID has 1 sense:
1. benign tumor containing fibrous tissue (especially in the uterus)
Familiarity information: FIBROID used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Benign tumor containing fibrous tissue (especially in the uterus)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
fibroid; fibroid tumor
Hypernyms ("fibroid" is a kind of...):
fibroma (nonmalignant tumor of connective tissue)
Context examples
Also called fibroid.
(Leiomyoma, NCI Dictionary)
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