fibrosis

Definitions of fibrosis
  1. noun
    development of excess fibrous connective tissue in an organ
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    types:
    fibrosis quística
    the most common congenital disease; the child's lungs and intestines and pancreas become clogged with thick mucus; caused by defect in a single gene; no cure is known
    type of:
    patología
    any deviation from a healthy or normal condition
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