Definitions for fibroma

fibroma fi·bro·ma

Spelling: [fahy-broh-muh]
IPA: /faɪˈbroʊ mə/

Fibroma is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 203 anagrams from letters in fibroma (abfimor).

Definitions for fibroma

noun

  1. a tumor consisting essentially of fibrous tissue.

Origin of fibroma

First recorded in 1840-50; fibr- + -oma

Examples for fibroma

New growths include the fibroma, the myxoma, the myeloma or giant-celled tumour, and various forms of sarcoma.

fibroma may originate in the periosteum or in the lining membrane of the maxillary sinus.

The non-malignant forms—osteoma, chondroma, and fibroma—are rare.

It is a suitable method for the removal of papilloma, fibroma, and bleeding polypus of the septum.

In these conditions, a malignant transformation of the fibroma into sarcoma is to be suspected.

The majority of the former were papilloma , fibroma , enchondroma , and intratracheal struma .

A fibroma upon the larynx is not an infrequent occurrence in the ox.

Various forms of fibroma are met with in the mamma and are described with diseases of that organ.

The skin—especially the skin of the buttock—is one of the favourite seats of fibroma, and it may occur in a multiple form.

Thus a tumor formed after the type of fibrous tissue is a fibroma.

Word Value for fibroma
Scrable

14

Words with friends

16

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