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elastolysis

elastolysis noun: cutis laxa.

Noun

elastolysis (uncountable)

  1. cutis laxa
    • AAA is a complex entity and despite the significant advances in surgical and endovascular approaches, no therapies have been established that can effectively retard the progressive inflammation and elastolysis.2015 June 18, Eleni Arnaoutoglou et al., “An Update on the Inflammatory Response after Endovascular Repair for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm”, in Mediators of Inflammation, volume 2015, →DOI

Origin of elastolysis

From elasto- + -lysis.

Questions about elastolysis

What does elastolysis mean?
Elastolysis means cutis laxa.
What part of speech is elastolysis?
Elastolysis is a noun.

Words near elastolysis in the dictionary

  1. elastoidin
  2. elastokine
  3. elastokines
  4. elastolefin
  5. elastolefins
  6. elastolysis
  7. elastolytic
  8. elastoma
  9. elastomas
  10. elastomechanical
  11. elastomer

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