Clinical Diagnosis · Pathology · Hard
Fibrosis
Meaning: Thickening and scarring of connective tissue, often in the lungs or liver.
In practice: Pulmonary fibrosis causes progressive scarring that reduces lung function.
Word parts
- -osis means an abnormal condition or process
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