fibroid tumor

1. 1.

   benign tumor containing fibrous tissue (especially in the uterus)

   Synonymsfibroid

   Broaderfibroma

Questions about fibroid tumor

What does fibroid tumor mean?

fibroid tumor means "benign tumor containing fibrous tissue (especially in the uterus)".

What is another word for fibroid tumor?

Close synonyms include fibroid. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fibroid tumor a common word?

fibroid tumor is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.