: resembling, forming, or consisting of fibrous tissue
a fibroid tumor
: a benign tumor that consists of fibrous and muscular tissue and occurs especially in the uterine wall
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Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Davis hopes to help women by revealing her fibroid battle.
—Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2025
Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
During their roundtable with lawmakers, Nyong’o and Moore were joined by experts from the Society for Women’s Health Research, highlighting three bills related to maternal health and uterine fibroids research.
—Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
In 2024, the NIH provided only $17 million in funding for fibroid research, putting it in the bottom 40 of the 330 conditions funded.
—Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Davis hopes to help women by revealing her fibroid battle.
—Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2025
Noun
But Marsh said there also needs to be an educational push so that the general population is not only aware of fibroids but is also comfortable talking about the menstrual cycle overall And not only among women, but also among men.
—Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
During their roundtable with lawmakers, Nyong’o and Moore were joined by experts from the Society for Women’s Health Research, highlighting three bills related to maternal health and uterine fibroids research.
—Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
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“Fibroid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fibroid. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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