"fibroid" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fibroids [plural]
Etymology: From fibro- + -oid. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|fibro|oid}} fibro- + -oid Head templates: {{en-noun}} fibroid (plural fibroids)
  1. (pathology) A benign tumour of the uterus that is composed of either fibrous connective tissue or muscle. Categories (topical): Pathology
    Sense id: en-fibroid-en-noun-EpVdY7Vw Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
  2. (pathology) A fibroma. Categories (topical): Pathology
    Sense id: en-fibroid-en-noun-45VfVnZ- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with fibro-, English terms suffixed with -oid, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 65 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with fibro-: 41 59 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -oid: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 73 Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: fibroidal, fibroma, myoma

Inflected forms

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