Definitions for fibroid

fibroid fi·broid

Spelling: [fahy-broid]
IPA: /ˈfaɪ brɔɪd/

Fibroid is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 107 anagrams from letters in fibroid (bdfiior).

Definitions for fibroid

adjective

  1. resembling fiber or fibrous tissue.
  2. composed of fibers, as a tumor.

noun

  1. fibroma.
  2. leiomyoma.

Origin of fibroid

First recorded in 1850-55; fibr- + -oid

Examples for fibroid

It may be the result of injury or is associated with pregnancy or a fibroid.

fibroid tumors of the womb and cancer of the womb or breasts are more likely to occur at this period of life than any other.

Peter Schmidt had a serious operation to perform for a fibroid tumour.

A very rare complication of the fibroid degeneration of the heart muscle is aneurysm of the heart wall.

There are two varieties of these—the gelatinoid or soft, and the fibroid or firm.

These diseases range from neuralgia and "nerves" to (in women) fibroid growths.

From furuncle, abscess, and sebaceous, fatty and fibroid tumors.

Women with fibroid tumors are particularly likely to suffer from it.

The hearts in such cases are more or less hypertrophied and show extensive areas of fibroid myocarditis.

The muscle is usually diseased in that there is fibroid degeneration of more or less extensive character.

Word Value for fibroid
Scrable

13

Words with friends

14

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