carnifications

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A form of carnification — A pathological process in which chronic inflammation or infection causes lung tissue to organize into a fibrous form that resembles meat, which can lead to a loss of normal lung function.

Scrabble 21

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of carnification
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