Definition of fibrosis in English:
fibrosis
noun fʌɪˈbrəʊsɪsfaɪˈbroʊsəs
mass nounMedicine The thickening and scarring of connective tissue, usually as a result of injury.
Example sentencesExamples
- The nonneoplastic liver showed mild fibrosis without signs of cirrhosis or hepatitis.
- Fine crackles are heard with pulmonary edema, pneumonia and pulmonary fibrosis.
- Asbestosis is the interstitial pneumonitis and fibrosis caused by inhalation of asbestos fibers.
- Most patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease do not progress to advanced fibrosis and cirrhosis.
- If infection and inflammation continue, fibrosis, or tissue scarring, occurs.
Derivatives
adjectivefʌɪˈbrɒtɪk
Medicine Histologic examination shows folded and fibrotic visceral pleura with atelectasis and variable amounts of chronic inflammation in the adjacent lung parenchyma.
Example sentencesExamples
- The persistence of the myofibroblastic phenotype in the areas of active fibrosis is a characteristic finding in fibrotic lung disease.
- For the analysis of bleomycin-induced lung fibrosis, the fibrotic responses of the lung were scored as previously reported.
- Oral submucous fibrosis is a pre-malignant fibrotic condition of the mouth that exhibits excessive collagen production.
- We investigated the prognostic factors for fibrotic interstitial pneumonia.
Origin
Late 19th century: from Latin fibra (see fibre) + -osis.