fibroma Path.
(faɪˈbrəʊmə)
Pl. fibromata (faɪˈbrəʊmətə).
[mod.L., f. L. fibra fibre + -oma; cf. carcinoma, cystoma.]
A fibrous tumour.
| 1847–9 Todd Cycl. Anat. IV. 130/2 The nature of fibroma leads it simply to enlarge, without change in, or around, itself. 1876 Wagner's Gen. Pathol. 385 Fibromata are for the most part sharply circumscribed. |