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FIBROADENOMA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Benign and movable and firm and not tender tumor of the breast; common in young women and caused by high levels of estrogen

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("fibroadenoma" is a kind of...):

adenoma (a benign epithelial tumor of glandular origin)

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 Context examples: 

A fibroadenoma that displays fibrocystic changes including apocrine metaplasia, sclerosing adenosis, and cyst formation.

(Complex Fibroadenoma, NCI Thesaurus)

In females: pituitary adenoma 26%, ureter carcinoma 22%, adrenal cortical adenoma 19%, cervix sarcoma 15%, mammary gland fibroadenoma 11%, islet adenoma 11%.

(BN, Rat Strain, NCI Thesaurus)

This term has also been used as a synonym for juvenile fibroadenoma by some authors.

(Giant Fibroadenoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The majority of fibroadenomas do not recur after complete excision.

(Fibroadenoma, NCI Thesaurus)