FIBROADENOMA Definition & Meaning

fibroadenoma

[ fahy-broh-ad-n-oh-muh ]

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noun

plural fibroadenomas, fibroadenomata

a benign tumor originating from glandular tissue, as in the female breast.

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Origin of fibroadenoma¹

First recorded in 1890–95; fibro- + adenoma

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Prior to the biopsy that confirmed her diagnosis, Canovai was confident the lump was a fibroadenoma, a common non-cancerous lump, or a clogged milk duct, which can also produce small, hard lumps in the breasts.

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“If it looked like a fibroadenoma, the radiologist would say so,” she answers.

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“Well, I suppose it could be a huge fibroadenoma.”

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