"fibrosis" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /faɪˈbɹoʊsɪs/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-fibrosis.wav [US] Forms: fibroses [plural]
Etymology: fibro- + -osis Etymology templates: {{confix|en|fibro|osis}} fibro- + -osis Head templates: {{en-noun|~|fibroses}} fibrosis (countable and uncountable, plural fibroses)
  1. (medicine) The formation of (excess) fibrous connective tissue in an organ. Wikipedia link: fibrosis Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine Derived forms: cystic fibrosis, fibrotic, hepatofibrosis, hyperfibrosis, microfibrosis, steatofibrosis Related terms: alanine aminotransferase Translations (formation of connective tissue): fibrosi [feminine] (Catalan), fibróza [feminine] (Czech), fibroosi (Finnish), fibrose [feminine] (French), Fibrose [feminine] (German), fibrosi [feminine] (Italian), fibrose [feminine] (Portuguese), fibrosis [feminine] (Spanish)

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