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fibroma

American  
[fahy-broh-muh] / faɪˈbroʊ mə /

noun

Pathology.
  • fibromas,
    plural
  • fibromata
    plural
  1. a tumor consisting essentially of fibrous tissue.


fibroma British  
/ faɪˈbrəʊmə /

noun

  1. a benign tumour derived from fibrous connective tissue

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Origin of fibroma

First recorded in 1840–50; fibr- + -oma


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Fitzpatrick learned he had a non-ossifying fibroma, a void in the bone of his upper right arm, when he suffered a fracture trying to deliver a pitch as a 12-year-old.

From Seattle Times ● May 4, 2010

Fitzpatrick eventually ended up at Childrens hospital, where he learned he had a non-ossifying fibroma.

From Seattle Times ● May 4, 2010

Fibroma.—A fibroma is a tumour composed of fibrous connective tissue.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson

Tumours of Tendon Sheaths.—Innocent tumours, such as lipoma, fibroma, and myxoma, are rare.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson

The true lipoma must be distinguished from diffuse accumulations of fat in different parts of the body in the same way that fibroma is distinguished from elephantiasis.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle

Hard fibromas occurring singly or in groups may be met with, especially in the skin of the buttock, and may present a local malignancy, recurring after removal like the “recurrent fibroid” of Paget.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson

Treatment.—The treatment of large fibromas is surgical and consists of the operative removal of the tumor, followed by suturing of the wound.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry

Polyps are usually fibromas or myxomas, occurring on the mucous membrane of the nasal passages or genital tract.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry

Hydatid cysts and fibromas are also met with in this situation, and they too may be multiple.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles

Mucous cysts, dermoids, adenomas, lipomas, and fibromas are occasionally met with.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles

Terrier describes double ovariotomy for fibromata in a woman of seventy-seven.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle

Multiple fibromata of the skin sometimes occur in enormous numbers and cover the whole surface of the body; they are often accompanied by pendulous tumors of enormous size.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle

These primary growths include primary papillomata and fibromata as the most frequent, aberrant thyroid, lipomata, adenomata, granulomata and amyloid tumors.

From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Chevalier Jackson

Keloids are fibromata of the true skin, which may develop spontaneously or in a scar.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle

Cases of retention, epithelial and dermoid cysts have been observed; and there are isolated reports of the finding of papillomata, fibromata, lipomata, myomata and adenomata.

From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Chevalier Jackson

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