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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

The fibroma, after excision, may recur as a fibro-sarcoma.

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

Fibromata.—One of the commonest seats of fibroma is the skin.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 Thomson, Alexis

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 Miles, Alexander

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

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

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

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

Those chiefly met with are dermoids, fibromata, sarcomata and epitheliomata.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various

Figure 237 represents a case of multiple fibromata of the skin shown by Octerlony.

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

In the meninges we may find glioma, cancers, and psammoma, fibromata; aneurisms of the spinal arteries have been discovered in the spinal canal.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.

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