fibrosis

fibrosis

English

Etymology

fibro- +‎ -osis

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /faɪˈbɹoʊsɪs/

Noun

fibrosis (countable and uncountable, plural fibroses)

1. (medicine) The formation of (excess) fibrous connective tissue in an organ.

Derived terms

• cystic fibrosis
• fibrotic
• hepatofibrosis
• hyperfibrosis
• microfibrosis
• steatofibrosis

Translations

formation of connective tissue

Catalan: fibrosi f Czech: fibróza f Finnish: fibroosi French: fibrose (fr) f German: Fibrose f Italian: fibrosi (it) f Portuguese: fibrose f Spanish: fibrosis (es) f

See also

• alanine aminotransferase

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiˈbɾosis/ [fiˈβ̞ɾo.sis]
• Rhymes: -osis
• Syllabification: fi‧bro‧sis

Noun

fibrosis f (uncountable)

1. (medicine) fibrosis

Derived terms

• fibrosis quística
• fibrótico

Further reading

• “fibrosis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014