fibrosis

Meaning of fibrosis

noun

the thickening and scarring of connective tissue, usually as a result of injury.

late 19th century: from Latin fibra (see fibre) + -osis.

Information about fibrosis

Hyphenation of fibrosis

fi-bro-sis

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
  • fibrosis is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

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