FIBROIDS

Noun

fibroids

plural of fibroid

Source: Wiktionary


FIBROID

Fi"broid, a. Etym: [L. fibra a fiber + -oid.] (Med.)

Definition: Resembling or forming fibrous tissue; made up of fibers; as, fibroid tumors.

– n.

Definition: A fibroid tumor; a fibroma. Fibroid degeneration, a form of degeneration in which organs or tissues are converted into fibroid tissue.

– Fibroid phthists, a form of pulmonary consumption associated with the formation of fibrous tissue in the lungs, and the gradual atrophy of the lungs, from the pressure due to the contraction of this tissue.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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19 April 2025

CATCH

(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”


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