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UK
/fˈɪbɹɔɪd/
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[ US /ˈfaɪbɹɔɪd/ ]
[ US /ˈfaɪbɹɔɪd/ ]
NOUN
- benign tumor containing fibrous tissue (especially in the uterus)
How To Use fibroid In A Sentence
- This decline could also be the result of a higher incidence of other pathological conditions in the uterus, such as fibroid tumors, polyps, or scarring and adhesions known as Asherman's syndrome. The Earth Times Online Newspaper
- OCL 500 is a microspherical agent in development for the treatment of highly vascularised tumours, including hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC; liver cancer), renal cell carcinoma (RCC; kidney cancer) and uterine fibroids. The Earth Times Online Newspaper
- Most cases of endometriosis, adenomyosis, and fibroids. Bioidentical Hormones on Oprah, Are They Safe?
- It is now considered a safe and highly effective nonsurgical treatment of women with symptomatic uterine fibroid tumors.
- This includes reasons such as acne, primary dysmenorrhea, prevention of migraines, fibroids, excessive pelvic pain, bleeding and other "side effects" of menstruation. Cathy Margolin, L.Ac. Dipl. OM: Teens Use Birth Control -- But Not to Prevent Pregnancy
- This blockage causes fibroid muscle cells to degenerate and form scar tissue, which causes fibroids to shrink.
- Fibroids are hormonally sensitive growths of muscle tissue that develop in various parts of the uterus. Times, Sunday Times
- The physician performed the examination, diagnosed the lump as a fibroid tumor, and performed an operation to remove the tumor while, as T. S. Eliot puts it, the patient was etherized upon the table.
- Small polyvinyl alcohol beads obstruct the blood supply to the fibroids, causing necrosis and shrinkage
- After an abnormal Pap smear, she was diagnosed with a fibroid tumor.