fibrosis

[US]/faɪ'brəʊsɪs/
[UK]/faɪ'brosɪs/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. [Medicine] the process of tissue becoming hardened and losing function due to fibrous tissue growth.

Phrases & Collocations

pulmonary fibrosis

liver fibrosis

cystic fibrosis

Example Sentences

Diagnosis: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, with intralobular interstitial thickening.

Nowadays, the study regarding the effect of growth factors on annulus fibrosis is less than that of nucleus pulpous.

Early diagnosis and treatment is of significance for preventing hepatic fibrosis and hepatic cirrhosis development as well as for improving life quality of hepatopath patients.

The fibrosis of liver not only causes chronic hepatitis, hypohepatia, and sequelae after cure, but also is the necessary process of hepatocirrhosis.

Choanal atresia is often related to the presence of a congenital abnormality and only a few cases involve the occurrence of mucosal fibrosis of the surrounding choana after trauma.

Results: Shennongruangan pilule can reduce the activity of ALT, AST and Hyp for remedy group, It also restrains necrosis of liver cell and fibrosis of liver.

Our previous studies have shown that mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) can reduce hepatic fibrosis in rats induced by carbon tetrachloride and dimethylnitrosamine.

Moreover presence of insulin resistance and diabetes are risk factors for fibrosis progression and nonresponse to antiviral therapy in chronic hepatitis C (CHC).

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