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fi·bro·ma

 (fī-brō′mə)
n. pl. fi·bro·mas or fi·bro·ma·ta (-mə-tə)
A benign, usually enclosed neoplasm composed primarily of fibrous tissue.

fi·brom′a·tous (-brŏm′ə-təs, -brō′mə-) adj.
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fibroma

(faɪˈbrəʊmə)
n, pl -mata (-mətə) or -mas
(Pathology) a benign tumour derived from fibrous connective tissue
fibromatous adj
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fi•bro•ma

(faɪˈbroʊ mə)

n., pl. -mas, -ma•ta (-mə tə)
a tumor consisting essentially of fibrous tissue.
[1840–50]
fi•brom•a•tous (faɪˈbrɒm ə təs) adj.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.fibroma - nonmalignant tumor of connective tissue
fibroid, fibroid tumor - benign tumor containing fibrous tissue (especially in the uterus)
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Translations

fibroma

[faɪˈbrəʊmə] nfibroma m
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

fi·bro·ma

n. fibroma, tumor benigno compuesto de tejido fibroso.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

fibroma

n fibroma m
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Other common comorbidities include osteomas, epidermoid cysts, and fibromas, all generally of cosmetic interest only.
A Dr Rob Hicks says: The lumps are likely to be collections of fat called lipomas or collections of fibrous tissue called fibromas - see your GP.
Stress fractures of the distal femur involving small nonossifying fibromas in young athletes.
Cardiac fibromas can be also called as Fibroelastic hamartoma or Fibrous hamartoma.
(3) retrospectively reviewed patients with benign bone lesions and documented that 30% of the diagnosable lesions were osteochondromas, 28% bony cysts, 12% en-chondromas, 11% osteoid osteomas, and 6% non-ossifying fibromas. Large epidemiologic studies are hard to perform on these benign lesions because many can remain asymptomatic and are therefore never diagnosed.
Oral manifestations of TS occur in 11% of affected subjects, and oral abnormalities include the presence of delayed eruption, bifid uvula, enamel hypoplasia, cystic hyperostosis, hyperplasia, enamel pitting, haemangioma, multiple osteomas, cleft lip and palate, and desmoplastic fibromas (DF) [2, 4].
Rhabdomyomas are the most common primary cardiac tumors (50%), followed by fibromas (25%) and myxomas (9-15%) which, despite being the most common adult cardiac tumor, are rare among children [1].