: resembling, forming, or consisting of fibrous tissue
a fibroid tumor
: a benign tumor that consists of fibrous and muscular tissue and occurs especially in the uterine wall
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Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 14 June 2024
Oh, and this was after three years of infertility, surgery to remove my fibroid tumors, etc.
—Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 13 Feb. 2023
Kenya Gipson, Billboard, 16 Oct. 2024
Doll believes the inaccuracy is due to the presence of fibroids, which can distort the images, and potentially other factors, like the structure of the cancer.
—Lauryn Higgins, Health, 12 Oct. 2024
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Adjective
Studies have shown that mifepristone has been shown to decrease fibroid size.
—Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 14 June 2024
Oh, and this was after three years of infertility, surgery to remove my fibroid tumors, etc.
—Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 13 Feb. 2023
Noun
One particular episode features artist and rapper Lady Luck, who had life-threateningly low blood counts that required four blood transfusions; these low counts were caused by chronic bleeding from uterine fibroids, which affect three in five women of color by age 50.
—Kenya Gipson, Billboard, 16 Oct. 2024
Doll believes the inaccuracy is due to the presence of fibroids, which can distort the images, and potentially other factors, like the structure of the cancer.
—Lauryn Higgins, Health, 12 Oct. 2024
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“Fibroid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fibroid. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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