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Fibrosis   /faɪbrˈoʊsəs/   Listen
Fibrosis

noun
1.
Development of excess fibrous connective tissue in an organ.



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"Fibrosis" Quotes from Famous Books



... and by weakening the respective coats leads to rupture, aneurism, or to degenerations, such as bony, calcareous, fatty, atheromatous, etc. It may also lead to sclerosis or increase of fibrous tissue, especially in the kidneys, when it may result in the condition known as arterio-capillary fibrosis. Chronic endarteritis is fruitful in the production of thrombus and atheroma. Arteritis may be limited to single trunks or it may affect, more or less, all the arteries of the body. Arteries which are at the seat of chronic endarteritis ...
— Special Report on Diseases of the Horse • United States Department of Agriculture



Words linked to "Fibrosis" :   cf, mucoviscidosis, pneumoconiosis, fibrocystic disease of the pancreas, pneumonoconiosis, pathology, cystic fibrosis



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