"fibroid" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfaɪ.brɔɪd/ Audio: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Gt59514-fibroid.wav [Northeastern, US] 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. Translations (benign tumour of the uterus): ма́точна фибро́ма (mátočna fibróma) [feminine] (Bulgarian), фибро́м на ма́тката (fibróm na mátkata) [feminine] (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-fibroid-en-noun-EpVdY7Vw Categories (other): Pathology, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with fibro-, English terms suffixed with -oid, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 20 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with fibro-: 61 39 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -oid: 61 39 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 83 17 Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences Disambiguation of 'benign tumour of the uterus': 94 6
  2. (pathology) A fibroma.
    Sense id: en-fibroid-en-noun-45VfVnZ- Categories (other): Pathology Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: fibroidectomy, fibroidlike Related terms: fibroidal, fibroma, myoma

Inflected forms

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