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fibroid

/ˈfaɪ.brɔɪd/

fibroid noun: a benign tumour of the uterus that is composed of either fibrous connective tissue or muscle.

Noun

fibroid (plural fibroids)

  1. A benign tumour of the uterus that is composed of either fibrous connective tissue or muscle.
  2. A fibroma.

fibroid meaning in Tamil

fibroid in Tamil

நாரனையம், நார்த்திசுக் கட்டி

Forms of fibroid

pluralfibroids

Origin of fibroid

From fibro- + -oid.

Words formed from fibroid

Questions about fibroid

What does fibroid mean?
Fibroid means a benign tumour of the uterus that is composed of either fibrous connective tissue or muscle.
What is fibroid in Tamil?
Fibroid in Tamil is நாரனையம், நார்த்திசுக் கட்டி. See Fibroid meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is fibroid?
Fibroid is a noun.
How do you pronounce fibroid?
Fibroid is pronounced /ˈfaɪ.brɔɪd/.
What is the plural of fibroid?
The plural of fibroid is fibroids.

Words near fibroid in the dictionary

  1. fibrohexamerin
  2. fibrohistiocytoma
  3. fibrohistiocytomas
  4. fibrohyaline
  5. fibrohyalinosis
  6. fibroid
  7. fibroidal
  8. fibroidectomies
  9. fibroidectomy
  10. fibroidlike
  11. fibroids

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fibroid (page history and authors); fibroid (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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