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FIBROADENOMA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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)
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)
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