fibro-adenia

plural fibro-adenias

1. countableuncountablemedicineThe growth of fibrous tissue on a gland.

   The more advanced the disease, the larger the number of follicles affected by fibro-adenia, but it is rare to find.

   1931, Alfred Piney, Recent Advances in Haematology, page 280

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   In disease of the spleen, especially Banti's disease or fibro-adenia of the spleen, the increase of leukocytes is absent or slight, with no relative lymphocytosis.

   1923, International Medical Digest, page 316

   For the conception that there is a special form of cirrhosis secondary to splenic fibro-adenia, Banti is largely responsible.

   1937, George Blumer, The Practitioners Library of Medicine and Surgery