fibrosis
(fī-brō′sĭs)
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[fibro- + -sis]
The repair and replacement of inflamed tissues or organs by connective tissues. The process results in the replacement of normal cells by fibroblasts (and, eventually, the replacement of normal organ tissue by scar tissue).
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Fibrosis." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/743148/all/fibrosis.
Fibrosis. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/743148/all/fibrosis. Accessed October 8, 2024.
Fibrosis. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/743148/all/fibrosis
Fibrosis [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 October 08]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/743148/all/fibrosis.
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