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FIBROUS TISSUE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tissue consisting of or containing fibers in both animals and plants
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("fibrous tissue" is a kind of...):
animal tissue (the tissue in the bodies of animals)
plant tissue (the tissue of a plant)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fibrous tissue"):
trabecula (rod-shaped structures of fibrous tissue that divide an organ into parts (as in the penis) or stabilize the structure of an organ (as in the spleen))
Context examples:
A type of soft tissue sarcoma that begins in fibrous tissue, which holds bones, muscles, and other organs in place.
(Fibrosarcoma, NCI Dictionary)
Issue associated with the failure to see direct anchorage of an implant by the formation of bony tissue around the implant without the growth of fibrous tissue at the bone-implant interface.
(Failure to Osseointegrate Associated with Medical Device, Food and Drug Administration)
A polypoid lesion composed of fibrous tissue and epithelium.
(Fibroepithelial Polyp, NCI Thesaurus)
A disorder characterized by replacement of the liver parenchyma with fibrous tissue and regenerative nodules.
(Cirrhosis, NCI Thesaurus)
It is characterized by prominence of the lower part of the face due to bilateral replacement of the mandible or maxilla bones by excessive fibrous tissue.
(Cherubism, NCI Thesaurus)
A disease of bone that initially results in the excessive resorption of bone (by osteoclasts) followed by the replacement of normal bone marrow with vascular and fibrous tissue.
(Bone Paget Disease, NCI Thesaurus)
A progressive, chronic disease in which the bone marrow is replaced by fibrous tissue and blood is made in organs such as the liver and the spleen, instead of in the bone marrow.
(Agnogenic myeloid metaplasia, NCI Dictionary)
A benign neoplasm characterized by the presence of cystic glandular and fibrous tissues and clear cells.
(Clear Cell Cystadenofibroma, NCI Thesaurus)
It is characterized by the presence of glandular structures at the periphery and fibrous tissue at the center of the tumor.
(Breast Ductal Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)
It is characterized by the presence of cystic glandular structures and fibrous tissue.
(Cystadenofibroma, NCI Thesaurus)
