fibroplasia
English
Etymology
fibro- + -plasia
Noun
fibroplasia (countable and uncountable, plural fibroplasias)
- The generation of fibrous tissue (especially in wound healing)
- 2007, Cecil R. Reynolds, Elaine Fletcher-Janzen, Encyclopedia of Special Education: P-Z (page 1744)
- The important relationship between arterial blood oxygen (PO2[sic]), the respiratory distress syndrome, and retrolental fibroplasia is now well established.
- 2007, Cecil R. Reynolds, Elaine Fletcher-Janzen, Encyclopedia of Special Education: P-Z (page 1744)
Related terms
- dysplasia
- fibrodysplasia