(of a tumour) consisting of fibrous tissue and cysts
fibrocystic in American English
(ˌfaibrouˈsɪstɪk)
adjective
showing or having the increased fibrosis associated with dilated glandular structure, as in the breast nodules of fibrocystic disease
Word origin
[1850–55; fibro- + cystic]This word is first recorded in the period 1850–55. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: clear-cut, ethylene, headhunting, muggins, overprint
Examples of 'fibrocystic' in a sentence
fibrocystic
Fibrocystic change was the most common diagnosis.
Luciene Simões de Assis Tafuri, Helenice Gobbi 2005, 'Hiperplasias epiteliais em espécimes de mamoplastia redutora estética bilateral emamoplastia redutora contralateral a câncer de mama Epithelial hyperplasia in specimensfrom bilateral reduction aesthetic mammaplasty and reduction mammaplasty contralateralto breast cancer', Jornal Brasileiro de Patologia e Medicina Laboratorialhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1676-24442005000200012. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Fine needle aspiration cytology was done which suggested epithelial hyperplasia with fibrocystic changes.
S Shrestha, B Sigdel, K Pande, B Gurung 2014, 'Invasive lobular carcinoma co-existing with benign phylloides tumor', Journal of Pathology of Nepalhttp://www.nepjol.info/index.php/JPN/article/view/10321. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Peri-implant fibrocystic population was small on day seven, but increased considerably after 90 days.
SANDRO M. SGROTT, RODRIGO D. NEVES, ARMANDO J. D'ACAMPORA, GERALDO J.S. BERNARDES,LUIZ BELMONTE, THIAGO C. MARTINS, FRANCIANE BOBINSKI, EDUARDO CARGNIN-FERREIRA, ANDREZAHOEPERS, CLARISSA M. COMIM, DANIEL F. MARTINS, ANNA P. PIOVEZAN 2018, 'Early fragmentation of polyester urethane sheet neither causes persistent oxidativestress nor alters the outcome of normal tissue healing in rat skin', Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciênciashttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652018000502211&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
It was initially diagnosed and treated as fibrocystic disease and non-specific abscess.
K K Yasar, F Pehlivanoglu, G Sengoz, N Cabioglu 2011, 'Successfully treated Mycobacterium abscessus mastitis: A rare cause of breast masses',Indian Journal of Medical Microbiologyhttp://www.ijmm.org/article.asp?issn=0255-0857;year=2011;volume=29;issue=4;spage=425;epage=427;aulast=Yasar. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Nuclei of non-tumorigenic, fibrocystic cells exhibited larger textural variations than metastatic cell nuclei.
Vivek Nandakumar, Laimonas Kelbauskas, Kathryn F Hernandez, Kelly M Lintecum, PattiSenechal, Kimberly J Bussey, Paul C W Davies, Roger H Johnson, Deirdre R Meldrum 2012, 'Isotropic 3D nuclear morphometry of normal, fibrocystic and malignant breast epithelialcells reveals new structural alterations.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3252316?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
There are still few publications about the characteristics of fibrocystic populations in developing countries.
Tania Sih, Ricardo Godinho, Leticia Paiva Franco, Otávio Piltcher 2012, 'Cystic Fibrosis: Brazilian ENT Experience', International Journal of Otolaryngologyhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/204696. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The features of fibrocystic disease in perianal region are also discussed.
Priya Subashchandrabose, Muthuvel Esakkai, Palani Venugopal, Ilavarasan Kannaiyan,Chitra Srinivasan, Punuru Tejashwini Reddy, Evelyn Elizabeth Ebenezer 2015, 'Anal Papilloma: An Exceptional Presentation of Fibrocystic Disease in Anogenital Mammary-LikeGlands', Case Reports in Pathologyhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/426835. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Common benign lesions observed were that of fibroadenona (264) and fibrocystic changes (204).
PK Choudhary, A Koirala, HS Rimal, A Deo 2015, 'Cytomorphological study of palpable breast lumps', Journal of Pathology of Nepalhttp://www.nepjol.info/index.php/JPN/article/view/15633. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Diffraction profiles (corrected scattered intensity versus momentum transfer) of normal, fibrocystic changes and carcinoma were obtained.
Changizi V, Kheradmand A, Oghabian M 2008, 'Application of small-angle X-ray scattering for differentiation among breast tumors',Journal of Medical Physicshttp://www.jmp.org.in/article.asp?issn=0971-6203;year=2008;volume=33;issue=1;spage=19;epage=23;aulast=Changizi. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)