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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  
/ faɪˈbrɒmətəs, 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

Various forms of fibroma are met with in the mamma and are described with diseases of that organ.

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

The “painful subcutaneous nodule” is a solitary fibroma related to one of the cutaneous nerves.

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

That they become gangrenous must very rarely happen; the increased blood supply should prevent gangrene, but cause an increase in the size of the fibroma.

From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin

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