fibroplasia

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noun

The generation of fibrous tissue (especially in wound healing)

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Meanings

nounfibroplasia (countable and uncountable, plural fibroplasias)

plural fibroplasias

  1. countableuncountableThe generation of fibrous tissue (especially in wound healing)

    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

Origin

From fibro- + -plasia.

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