1 De institutione musica ('On the Fundaments of Music', beginning of the 6th c.)  Eclectic treatise influenced by the ancient Greek treatises on the theory and ethics of music, such as those of Aristotle and Ptolemy, Pythagoras and Aristoxenus.
hempen, fibrous(adj) having or resembling fibers especially fibers used in making cordage such as those of jute. fibrous, sinewy, stringy, unchewable(adj) (of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew.
Fibroid: A common benign tumor of the uterus. Fibroids can be present without symptoms. However, in about 25 percent of women, fibroids cause symptoms such as prolonged or heavy menstrual bleeding, pelvic pressure or pain, and, in rare cases, reproductive dysfunction.