fibroma

English

Etymology

From fibro- +‎ -oma.

Noun

fibroma (plural fibromas or fibromata)

1. (pathology) A benign tumour of fibrous connective tissue.

   Synonym: fibroid

Derived terms

• adenocarcinofibroma
• adenofibroma
• angiofibroma
• chondrofibroma
• cystofibroma
• elastofibroma
• fibromatogenesis
• fibromatosis
• fibromatous
• fibromellar
• gliofibroma
• myofibroma
• neurofibroma

 

Translations

benign tumour of fibrous connective tissue

• Catalan: fibroma m
• Czech: fibrom m
• Dutch: fibroom (nl) n
• Finnish: fibrooma
• German: Fibrom (de) n
• Italian: fibroma (it)
• Polish: włókniak (pl) m
• Spanish: fibroma (es) m
• Turkish: fibrom

Italian

Noun

fibroma m (plural fibromi)

1. fibroma

Derived terms

• fibromatoso

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiˈbɾoma/ [fiˈβ̞ɾo.ma]
• Rhymes: -oma
• Syllabification: fi‧bro‧ma

Noun

fibroma m (plural fibromas)

1. fibroma

Further reading

• “fibroma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28