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fibroid

[fahy-broid] / ˈfaɪ brɔɪd /


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Common noninvasive treatments target hormones responsible for fibroid growth.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 21, 2023

And she's been really satisfied with the service, like when she had a fibroid recently.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2023

However, the prognosis was good and she had surgery earlier this year to remove part of her pancreas, her spleen, a large fibroid and 17 lymph nodes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2023

Oh, and this was after three years of infertility, surgery to remove my fibroid tumors, etc.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 13, 2023

Nervous symptoms are likely to be marked and the increase in menstruation is usually much more profuse as a consequence of the solicitude than because of the fibroid.

From Psychotherapy by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh

Drugs often have more than one application, and Brandi said continuous research is needed not just for abortion and miscarriage care, but to better treat a gamut of health issues such as uterine fibroids.

From Barron's ● May 10, 2026

Doctors routinely prescribe them for miscarriage management, endometriosis, fibroids, complications from Cushing’s disease and other serious reproductive health conditions, where they can prevent infection or reduce severe pain.

From Salon ● May 2, 2026

I knew that I had fibroids and I was uncomfortable because of that.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 20, 2026

There should be more ways to provide relief to people who have heavy periods and pain, whether it’s from fibroids, PCOS, or endometriosis, diseases that doctors have known about for over 90 years.

From Slate ● Jul. 15, 2025

Intramural and submucous fibroids give rise to haemorrhage.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various


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