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fibrosis Path.|faɪˈbrəʊsɪs|
[mod.L., f. L. fibra fibre: see -osis.]
The development in an organ of excessive fibrous tissue; fibroid degeneration.
1873Brit. Med. Jrnl. 4 Jan. 4 Arterio-capillary fibrosis. 1886Buck's Handbk. Med. Sci. II. 174/2 Cirrhosis. Synonyms.—Sclerosis,..Chronic Fibrosis. 1893Brit. Med. Jrnl. 2 Dec. 1214/2 Ordinary fibrosis of the kidney. 1906Practitioner Dec. 730 The fibrosis steadily invades the lung parenchyma. 1920R. Stockman Rheumatism & Arthritis ii. 43 These local fibroses are due to small colonies of microbes invading the tissues. 1968Cancer XXII. 1254 Pathologic examination revealed myocardial fibrosis.
Hence fiˈbrotic a., of, pertaining to, or characterized by fibrosis.
1893Brit. Med. Jrnl. 2 Dec. 1214/2 The difficult problems presented by fibrotic kidneys. 1910Practitioner June 781 Between 45 and 50 the liability to fibrotic metritis, endometritis, and mucous polypi diminishes. 1956Nature 3 Mar. 437/1 In a few specimens the lung tissue..was cloudy in appearance, possibly fibrotic. |