fibroplasia

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

fibro- +‎ -plasia

Noun[edit]

fibroplasia (countable and uncountable, plural fibroplasias)

  1. The generation of fibrous tissue (especially in wound healing)
    • 2007, Cecil R. Reynolds, Elaine Fletcher-Janzen, Encyclopedia of Special Education: P-Z, page 1744:
      The important relationship between arterial blood oxygen (PO2[sic]), the respiratory distress syndrome, and retrolental fibroplasia is now well established.

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