Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
noun Pathology.
- the development in an organ of excess fibrous connective tissue.
noun
- the formation of an abnormal amount of fibrous tissue in an organ or part as the result of inflammation, irritation, or healing
1873, a Modern Latin hybrid, from Latin fibra (see fiber) + Greek suffix -osis.
n.
- The formation of fibrous tissue as a reparative or reactive process.