fibroma
IPA: faɪbrˈoʊmʌ
noun
- (pathology) A benign tumour of fibrous connective tissue.
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Examples of "fibroma" in Sentences
- Image at right, "Ossifying fibroma, frontal bone."
- The case was really one of large congenital nævus pilosus and fibroma molluscum combined.
- Other names include Morton's toe, interdigital neuritis, and interdigital perineural fibroma.
- There were also present several benign tumors (fibroma molluscum) and numerous smaller nevi over the body.
- She has a diagnosis of ossifying fibroma of the maxilla and mandible, which requires surgery as soon as possible.
- Brochin 2.269 speaks of a case in which pregnancy was complicated with fibroma of the uterus, the accouchement being natural at term.
- When this is the case, it is possible that the growth is a true fibroma -- that is to say, a non-inflammatory new growth of fibrous connective tissue.
- The true lipoma must be distinguished from diffuse accumulations of fat in different parts of the body in the same way that fibroma is distinguished from elephantiasis.
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