fibroid

基本解释

Fibroids grow in the wall of the uterus and are sometimes called fibroid tumors, but they are not cancerous.
子宫肌瘤生长于子宫肌壁之间。有时又被称之为肌瘤肿瘤，但是并非代表它们属于恶性范畴。
They told me I had a massive fibroid in my uterus and needed a full hysterectomy, which would cost thousands of dollars I didn't have; I couldn't afford medical insurance.
医生说我子宫内有大量纤维状肿瘤（良性），得将子宫全部切除，要花费数千美元，而我没有。我支付不起医疗保险。
Thankfully my old business partner sent me a ticket home and within a week I'd seen an NHS surgeon, who told me the fibroid could also be due to chlamydia.
应该感谢我的一名生意老伙伴，是他（她，未知，译者注）送给我一张回家的机票。一个星期后，我看了一名NHS（英国国家医疗服务）的大夫，他告诉我子宫瘤也可能是衣原体感染引起的。

For example, some studies have shown that 80 percent of all black women suffer from some form of fibroid disease.
NPR: A Male Perspective on Breast Cancer
She's controlling a million-dollar ultrasound machine that is heating up and destroying jelly-bean-size sections of a fibroid tumor that has caused the patient in the next room serious discomfort for ten years.
FORBES: Magazine Article

Fibroids are lumps of fibrous tissue that form in a woman's womb, often causing pain.

子宫肌瘤
This study was to investigate the causes of amenorrhea after uterine fibroid embolization.
本研究探讨子宫肌瘤栓塞治疗后发生闭经的原因。
纤维瘤
纤维状