ELASTOSIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Breakdown of elastic tissue (as the loss of elasticity in the skin of elderly people that results from degeneration of connective tissue)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("elastosis" is a kind of...):

physical condition; physiological condition; physiological state (the condition or state of the body or bodily functions)

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