FIBROID
\fˈɪbɹɔ͡ɪd], \fˈɪbɹɔɪd], \f_ˈɪ_b_ɹ_ɔɪ_d]\
Definitions of FIBROID
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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A benign tumor derived from smooth muscle tissue, also known as a fibroid tumor. They rarely occur outside of the uterus and the gastrointestinal tract but can occur in the skin and subcutaneous tissues, probably arising from the smooth muscle of small blood vessels in these tissues.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William R. Warner
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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