Definition of Fibroids

1. Noun. (plural of fibroid) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fibroids

1. fibroid [n] - See also: fibroid

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fibroids

fibroferrite
fibrofog
fibrofolliculoma
fibrogenesis
fibrogenic
fibrogliosis
fibrohyaline tissue
fibroid adenoma
fibroid inflammation
fibroid lung
fibroid tumor
fibroid tumour
fibroidectomy
fibroids (current term)
fibroin
fibroins
fibrokeratoma
fibrolamellar
fibrolamellar hepatocarcinoma
fibrolamellar liver cell carcinoma
fibrolase
fibroleiomyoma
fibrolipoma
fibrolite
fibroma
fibroma molle
fibroma molle gravidarum
fibroma myxomatodes

Literary usage of Fibroids

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1911)
"Small fibroids above the brim of the pelvis do not, as a rule, ... It is estimated that from 20 to 25 per cent, of women having fibroids abort because of ..."

2. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1903)
"The treatment of fibroids has been deeply influenced by this development. ... In consequence wholesale extirpation of fibroids is practised at the present ..."

3. Transactions of the American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists by American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (1912)
"CERVICAL fibroids. BY LEWIS F. SMEAD, MD, Toledo, Ohio. THE successful operative treatment of fibroid tumors of the uterine body, although a rather recent ..."

4. Gynæcology for students & practitioners by Thomas Watts Eden (1920)
"Recorded instances in which fibroids have directly caused a fatal result are extremely rare, taking into consideration the great frequency of their ..."

5. The Diseases of Women: A Handbook for Students and Practitioners by John Bland-Sutton, Arthur Edward Giles (1906)
"Before minutely describing the structural peculiarities of fibroids, ... Though fibroids arise in every part of the uterus, including the round ligament, ..."

6. Oxford Loose-leaf Surgery by F. F. Burghard, Allen Buckner Kanavel (1921)
"J. The Exotic Flora of the Uterus in relation to fibroids and Cancer. Brit. Med. Journ., 1913, i. 205. WEBB, CHS A note on the Bacteriology of the Uterine ..."

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