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.
fibroma - nonmalignant tumor of connective tissue. benign tumor, benign tumour, nonmalignant neoplasm, nonmalignant tumor, nonmalignant tumour - a tumor that is not cancerous. fibroid, fibroid tumor - benign tumor containing fibrous tissue (especially in the uterus) Translations.