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Definitions: FIBROID |
FIBROIDAdjective1. Resembling or forming fibrous tissue; made up of fibers; as, fibroid tumors. Noun1. A fibroid tumor; a fibroma. |
Etymology: Fibroid \Fi"broid\, adjective. [Latin expression fibra fiber -oid.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | A benign smooth muscle tumor, usually in the uterus or gastrointestinal tract. Also called leiomyoma. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: FIBROID |
| English words defined with "FIBROID": Fibroid degeneration, Fibroid phthisis, Fibroid phthists, Fibroid pneumonia, fibroid tumor. (references) |
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Health | The factors that initiate fibroid growth are not known. (references) | |
If a fibroid is particularly troublesome, the surgeon often can remove only the tumor. (references) | ||
In view of the lack of information on fibroids, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) is conducting research on the scientific bases for better diagnosis and treatment of fibroid tumors. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "FIBROID" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 80.00% of the time. "FIBROID" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 80% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Noun (singular) | 20% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 5 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "FIBROID": Fibroid degeneration ♦ Fibroid phthisis ♦ Fibroid phthists ♦ Fibroid pneumonia ♦ fibroid tumor. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
fibroid tumor | 705 | breast fibroid tumor | 11 |
fibroid | 293 | fibroid cyst breast | 9 |
fibroid cyst | 94 | fibroid tumers | 9 |
uterine fibroid tumor | 51 | fibroid picture | 9 |
uterine fibroid | 50 | fibroid removal | 8 |
fibroid tumor symptom | 36 | uterine fibroid treatment | 7 |
fibroid uterus | 34 | fibroid in uterus | 6 |
uterine fibroid embolization | 31 | fibroid tumor in the uterus | 6 |
fibroid treatment | 31 | uterine fibroid cyst | 6 |
fibroid tumor uterus | 29 | fibroid tumours | 6 |
fibroid embolization | 20 | fibroid pedunculated | 5 |
fibroid symptom | 19 | fibroid submucosal | 5 |
fibroid breast | 18 | bleeding fibroid | 5 |
fibroid pregnancy tumor | 18 | fibroid information tumor | 5 |
fibroid pregnancy | 17 | fibroid size | 5 |
fibroid tumor treatment | 15 | cancer fibroid | 4 |
fibroid tumor picture | 15 | fibroid photo tumor | 4 |
fibroid adenoma | 13 | large fibroid tumor | 4 |
fibroid surgery | 11 | option for fibroid treatment | 4 |
uterine fibroid symptom | 11 | ablation fibroid | 4 |
cystic fibroid | 4 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "FIBROID"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | fijor (fibriform, fibrous), tumor fibroz. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | фиброма, влакнест (barbate, fibrous, filaceous, filamentary, threadlike, thready). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | fibroidní. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | fibroma uteri (uterine fibroid, uterine fibroma, uterus fibroid), fibrom (uterine fibroid, uterine fibroma, uterus fibroid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | fibroom (neoplasm of connective tissue, tumour of connective tissue, uterine fibroid, uterine fibroma, uterus fibroid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | fibrome (fibroma, uterine fibroid, uterine fibroma, uterus fibroid), fibroide. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | faserartig (filamentary). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ινώδησ (fibrus), ίνωμα (leiomyoma, myoma, uterine fibroid, uterine fibroma, uterus fibroid, uterus leiomyoma, uterus myoma). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | rostszerû (fibrinous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | fibroma (uterine fibroid, uterine fibroma, uterus fibroid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 子宮筋腫 (uterine myoma). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | しきゅうき"しゅ (uterine myoma). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | frauaigagh (fibrous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ibroidfay fibroma, fibrina (fibrin). (various references) волокнистый (fibred, fibriform, fibrillar, fibrous, filaceous, filamentary, filamentous, filar, stringy, thready). (various references) fibroidan. (various references) fibroso (fibred, fibrous, stringy, thready), fibroma (fibroma). (various references) fibrig (fibred, fibrous, filaceous), fibrös (fibred, fibrous). (various references) เนื้องอกซึ่งประกอบ"้วยเส้นใยและกล้ามเนื้อเรียบ, ซึ่งมีลักษ"ะของเส้นใย (fibrous). (various references) fibroit, ur (excrescence, growth, neoplasm, tuberosity, tumor, tumour, vegetation, Wen), tümör (fibroma, neoplasm, tumor, tumour, vegetation), lifli (fibrous, stringy), lif (fiber, fibre, fibrous, filament, film, staple, string, thread, washcloth). (various references) фіброїд, фіброзний (fibrotic), волокнистий (fibred, fibrillar, fibrillary, fibrous, filamentous, nemaline, ropy, stringy). (various references) dạng xơ, dạng sợi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | fibroma uteri. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "FIBROID": fibroids. (additional references) | |
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"FIBROID" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dibromide, Fibromix, fibrosity, Filboid, fybroid. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "FIBROID" (pronounced fī"broyd) |
| 3 | -r oy d | negroid, thyroid. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-d-f-i-i-o-r" | |
-1 letter: forbid. | |
-2 letters: bifid, fiord, oribi. | |
-3 letters: bird, brio, drib, fido, forb, ford, irid. | |
-4 letters: bid, bio, bod, bro, dib, dor, fib, fid, fir, fob, for, fro, obi, orb, rib, rid, rif, rob, rod. | |
-5 letters: bi, bo, do, id, if, od, of, or. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-d-f-i-i-o-r" | |
+1 letter: fibroids. | |
+2 letters: fibrinoid. | |
+3 letters: fibrinoids, forbidding. | |
+5 letters: forbiddingly. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 49 42 52 4F 49 44 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..-. .. -... .-. --- .. -.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01001001 01000010 01010010 01001111 01001001 01000100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F I B R O I D |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0049 0042 0052 004F 0049 0044 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)40433652494338 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Translations: Ancient 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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