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fibroid adj. (Med.) Resembling or forming fibrous tissue; made up of fibers; as, fibroid tumors.

Fibroid degeneration, a form of degeneration in which organs or tissues are converted into fibroid tissue.

Fibroid phthists, a form of pulmonary consumption associated with the formation of fibrous tissue in the lungs, and the gradual atrophy of the lungs, from the pressure due to the contraction of this tissue.

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Etymology of 'Fibroid'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Fibroid" Quotes from Famous Books

... change insignificant, so-called "benign" (not fatal to life) fibroid or fatty tumors into malignant cancer or sarcoma is to operate upon them. Wens and warts are often made malignant by surgical interference or ...

— Nature Cure • Henry Lindlahr

... may have been put. There is nothing unusual in the combination, nor has it any wonderful qualities which would justify the claims made in behalf of it. The remedy contains nothing which could under any circumstances effect the removal of cancers, fibroid growths, or polypi, or which is capable of radically relieving laceration of the womb ...

— The Eugenic Marriage, Vol. 3 (of 4) - A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies • W. Grant Hague

Words linked to "Fibroid" : fibroma