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fibrosis
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[ noun ] (medicine,pathology) development of excess fibrous connective tissue in an organ
Used in print (J. W. C. Hagstrom et al., "Debilitating muscular...)Splenomegaly was first noted in 1956 , and a sternal marrow biopsy at that time showed `` scattered foci of fibrosis '' suggestive_of myelofibrosis . Microscopically , there was emphysema , fibrosis , and vascular congestion . There were slight fibrosis and marked arteriolosclerosis . Microscopically , both kidneys showed many small cortical scars in which there was glomerular and interstitial fibrosis , tubular atrophy , and an infiltration of lymphocytes and plasma cells . There was no evidence of fibrosis . Related terms |
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