a combining form meaning “fiber,” used in the formation of compound words
fibrolite
Also (esp before a vowel): fibr-
Word origin
[comb. form repr. L fibrafiber]
Examples of 'fibro' in a sentence
fibro
Histology showed disappearance of osteoclasts and increased fibro-osseous tissue.
Catherine L. McCarthy, Christopher L. M. H. Gibbons, Kevin M. Bradley, A. Bass Hassan,Henk Giele, Nicholas A. Athanasou 2017, 'Giant cell tumour of the distal radius/ulna: response to pre-operative treatment withshort-term denosumab', Clinical Sarcoma Researchhttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13569-017-0085-3. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Cemento-ossifying fibromas are rare fibro-osseous benign neoplasms that affect the jaws.
Tapas K. Bala, Sarmeshta Soni, Prakriti Dayal, Indrajeet Ghosh 2017, 'Cemento-ossifying fibroma of the mandible. A clinicopathological report', Saudi Medical Journalhttps://www.smj.org.sa/index.php/smj/article/view/smj.2017.5.15643/10137. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)