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fibro-adenia

fibro-adenia noun: the growth of fibrous tissue on a gland.

Noun

fibro-adenia (countable and uncountable, plural fibro-adenias)

  1. The growth of fibrous tissue on a gland.
    • In disease of the spleen, especially Banti's disease or fibro-adenia of the spleen, the increase of leukocytes is absent or slight, with no relative lymphocytosis.1923, International Medical Digest, page 316
    • The more advanced the disease, the larger the number of follicles affected by fibro-adenia, but it is rare to find.1931, Alfred Piney, Recent Advances in Haematology, page 280

Forms of fibro-adenia

pluralfibro-adenias

Origin of fibro-adenia

From fibro- + -adenia.

Questions about fibro-adenia

What does fibro-adenia mean?
Fibro-adenia means the growth of fibrous tissue on a gland.
What part of speech is fibro-adenia?
Fibro-adenia is a noun.
What is the plural of fibro-adenia?
The plural of fibro-adenia is fibro-adenias.

Words near fibro-adenia in the dictionary

  1. fibrized
  2. fibrizes
  3. fibrizing
  4. fibro
  5. fibro-
  6. fibro-adenia
  7. fibro-adenias
  8. fibro-xanthogranuloma
  9. fibro-xanthogranulomatous
  10. fibroactin
  11. fibroadenoma

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