fibroma
noun
a tumor consisting essentially of fibrous tissue.
fibromata
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pluralof fibroma.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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Figure 237 represents a case of multiple fibromata of the skin shown by Octerlony.
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
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 Charles B. Michener
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
Terrier describes double ovariotomy for fibromata in a woman of seventy-seven.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
