fibroid
(fīb′royd, fib′ )

[ fibro- + -oid ]
1. Pert. to, containing, or resembling fibers.
SEE: degeneration
2. A benign tumor of the uterine myometrium.
SEE: uterine leiomyoma
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Fibroid." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/731322/all/fibroid_of_uterus.
Fibroid. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/731322/all/fibroid_of_uterus. Accessed April 25, 2025.
Fibroid. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/731322/all/fibroid_of_uterus
Fibroid [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2025 April 25]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/731322/all/fibroid_of_uterus.
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