different between myoma vs fibro

English

Etymology

myo- +? -oma

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ma??o?m?/

Noun

myoma (plural myomas or myomata)

1. (pathology) A tumor composed of muscle tissue, usually benign and commonly occurring in the uterus and the esophagus.

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See also

• fibroid

English

Etymology

Abbreviations.

Noun

fibro (uncountable)

1. (Australia) Fibro-cement; a building material consisting of asbestos fibres and cement pressed into sheets.
   • 2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, Giramondo 2012, p. 56:

     Every day, all day and all night sometimes, the town jammed jazz with bits of loose tin slapping around on top of the mud-stained fibro walls […].

   • 2015, Charlotte Wood, The Natural Way of Things, Allen & Unwin 2018, p. 19:

     There are a few faded colourless fibro buildings, jagged black holes punched here and there in the panels.

2. (informal) Fibromyalgia.
   • 2011, Linda Kay Mullinax, It's Okay to Hurt: My Life with Fibromyalgia (page 43)

     When I got fibro, the Internet was not in common use, so I didn't have the resources that a newly diagnosed person would have now.

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto fibro, from English fibre, French fibre, German Fiber, Italian fibra, Spanish fibra, Portuguese fibra.

Noun

fibro (plural fibri)

1. fibre

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Latin

Noun

fibr?

1. dative singular of fiber
2. ablative singular of fiber