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fibroma

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /faɪˈbɹoʊmə/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A benign tumour of fibrous connective tissue.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fibroid

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

nonmalignant tumor of connective tissue

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: benign tumor, benign tumour, nonmalignant tumor, nonmalignant tumour, nonmalignant neoplasm

Narrower terms: fibroid tumor, fibroid

History

Etymology

From fibro- + -oma.

Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: фибро́ма (fibróma) — benign tumour of fibrous connective tissue
  • Bulgarian: фибро́м (fibróm) — benign tumour of fibrous connective tissue
  • Catalan: fibroma — benign tumour of fibrous connective tissue
  • Czech: fibrom — benign tumour of fibrous connective tissue
  • Dutch: fibroom — benign tumour of fibrous connective tissue
  • Esperanto: fibromo — benign tumour of fibrous connective tissue
  • Finnish: fibrooma — benign tumour of fibrous connective tissue
  • French: fibrome — benign tumour of fibrous connective tissue
  • German: Fibrom — benign tumour of fibrous connective tissue
  • Ido: fibromo — benign tumour of fibrous connective tissue
  • Indonesian: fibroma — benign tumour of fibrous connective tissue
  • Italian: fibroma — benign tumour of fibrous connective tissue
  • Polish: włókniak — benign tumour of fibrous connective tissue
  • Portuguese: fibroma — benign tumour of fibrous connective tissue
  • Spanish: fibroma — benign tumour of fibrous connective tissue
  • Turkish: fibrom — benign tumour of fibrous connective tissue