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fibromatosis

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A condition causing thick, hard lumps of fibrous tissue in the skin that can make fingers bend

noun
/ˌfaɪbroʊməˈtoʊsɪs/

Specialized

: fibromatosis

The doctor diagnosed the lumps in her palm as fibromatosis after a physical examination.

Examples

Surgery may be required if fibromatosis causes severe contractures in the hands or feet.
Early treatment of fibromatosis can help prevent loss of movement in affected areas.
She was diagnosed with fibromatosis last year.
The fibromatosis caused several lumps on his arm.
The doctor diagnosed the lumps in her palm as fibromatosis after a physical examination.
Surgery may be required if fibromatosis causes severe contractures in the hands or feet.
Early treatment of fibromatosis can help prevent loss of movement in affected areas.

Surface Forms

fibromatosis singular

fibromatoses plural

Morphology

fibromatosis = fibroma (opaque) = fibroma + osis

Formed from medical combining elements ('fibroma' + '-osis'); the technical sense relating to nodular fibrous thickening is specialized and not predictable for average learners.

Etymology

Fibromatosis comes from fibro- meaning 'fiber', like the common word fiber, and the ending -osis meaning 'a condition'. So it literally means a 'condition of fibrous lumps', which explains why it describes nodular thickening of fibrous tissue in the skin or under the skin that can form lumps or cause tight, shortened areas.