fibroma

(fi-bro'mah) [L. fibra, fiber, -|- G. -oma.] An encapsulated tumor composed mainly of fibrous connective ti ue; fibroid tumor, inoma. concen'tric f., a fibroid tumor occupying the entire circumference of the wall of the uterus. f. fungo i'des, mycosis fungoides. f. lipoma to'- des, xanthoma, f. moll us'cum, molluscum simplex, the occurrence of one or several large or small prominent connective-ti ue tumors, moll us'cum gravida'rum, the occurrence of numerous, small, se ile or pedunculated, colorle or pigmented fibrous tumors of the skin, forming during pregnancy and disappearing spontaneously at its termination, f. mucino's um, a i. which is undergoing mucoid degeneration. f. myzomato'des, a f. containing areas of mucoid ti ue, myxo fibroma, f. pen'dulum, a large pendulous fibrous tumor of the skin. f. sarcoma to's um, fibrosarcoma, telangiectat'ic f a new growth formed of dilated capillaries with marked increase of the connective-ti ue framework; an gio fibroma, mul'tiple f., a condition in which there are many, sometimes very many, fibrous ttimors of the skin, varying in size from a pinhead to an orange, se ile or pedunculated.