fibrosis

English

Etymology

From fibro- +‎ -osis.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /faɪˈbɹoʊsɪs/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

fibrosis (countable and uncountable, plural fibroses)

1. (medicine) The formation of (excess) fibrous connective tissue in an organ.

Derived terms

• cystic fibrosis
• fibrotic
• hepatofibrosis
• hyperfibrosis
• microfibrosis
• steatofibrosis

Translations

formation of connective tissue

• Catalan: fibrosi f
• Czech: fibróza f
• Finnish: fibroosi (fi)
• French: fibrose (fr) f
• German: Fibrose f
• Italian: fibrosi (it) f
• Portuguese: fibrose f
• Spanish: fibrosis (es) f

See also

• alanine aminotransferase

Indonesian

Noun

fibrosis (first-person possessive fibrosisku, second-person possessive fibrosismu, third-person possessive fibrosisnya)

1. fibrosis

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiˈbɾosis/ [fiˈβ̞ɾo.sis]
• Rhymes: -osis
• Syllabification: fi‧bro‧sis

Noun

fibrosis f (uncountable)

1. (medicine) fibrosis

Derived terms

• fibrosis quística
• fibrótico

 

Further reading

• “fibrosis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28