fibroseadj.
? Obsolete.
= fibrous adj.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > other specific kinds of texture > [adjective] > fibrous
thready1597
towy1601
fibrous1626
filaceous1626
stringy1669
filamentous1682
fibrose1697
fibrillous1747
filamentose1848
fibrillated1849
fibry1882
fibrillate1884
1697 J. Petiver in Philos. Trans. 1695–7 (Royal Soc.) 19 681 The Roots fibrose and whitish.
1753 J. Petiver in Philos. Trans. 1751–2 (Royal Soc.) 47 511 Their external appearance will show them fibrose.
1775 in J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
fibrosev.
/ˈfʌɪbrəʊz/ Pathology.
intransitive. To form fibrous tissue.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > of tissue: become diseased [verb (intransitive)] > degenerate
caseate1869
fibrose1897
1897 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 11 Dec. 1728/1 The lower lobe of each lung was completely fibrosed.
1909 Practitioner Feb. 210 On examination of the fibroid, it is found shrunken and fibrosed throughout.
Derivatives
ˈfibrosed adj.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > [adjective] > alteration of tissue > degeneration
cheese-like1634
cheesy1662
caseous1684
waxy1845
fibroid1852
histolytic1853
amyloid1859
Wallerian1877
fibrosing1879
fibrotic1893
steatogene1893
steatogenous1899
histolysing1912
blastophthoric1913
hyalinized1929
fibrosed1956
steatogenic1956
1956 G. Lapage Vet. Parasitol. x. 275 The bile ducts become fibrosed and thickened.
fiˈbrosing n. and adj.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > [noun] > alteration of tissue > degeneration
depravation1661
cretification1849
histolysis1853
steatosis1860
cretifaction1873
fibrosis1873
hyalinosis1876
fibrosing1879
sarcomatosis1890
tyrosis1896
hyaline degeneration1897
amyloidosis1900
pseudoxanthoma1900
blastophthoria1908
hyalinization1919
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > [adjective] > alteration of tissue > degeneration
cheese-like1634
cheesy1662
caseous1684
waxy1845
fibroid1852
histolytic1853
amyloid1859
Wallerian1877
fibrosing1879
fibrotic1893
steatogene1893
steatogenous1899
histolysing1912
blastophthoric1913
hyalinized1929
fibrosed1956
steatogenic1956
1879 St. George's Hosp. Rep. 9 133 Lungs (some fibrosing or caseous).
1879 St. George's Hosp. Rep. 9 156 Indolent fibrosing tubercle at the apices of the lungs.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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