fibroid

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: fi=broid

CIDE DICTIONARY

fibroid, a. [L. fibra a fiber + -oid.].

 Resembling or forming fibrous tissue; made up of fibers; as, fibroid tumors.  [1913 Webster]

Fibroid degeneration, a form of degeneration in which organs or tissues are converted into fibroid tissue. -- Fibroid phthists, a form of pulmonary consumption associated with the formation of fibrous tissue in the lungs, and the gradual atrophy of the lungs, from the pressure due to the contraction of this tissue.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

fibroid, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 of or characterized by fibrous tissue.
2 resembling or containing fibres.
--n. a benign tumour of muscular and fibrous tissues, one or more of which may develop in the wall of the womb.