fibrosclerosis etymology

English word fibrosclerosis comes from English fibro- (Fibre/fiber; fibrous.), English sclerosis

Detailed word origin of fibrosclerosis

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
fibro- English (eng) Fibre/fiber; fibrous.
sclerosis English (eng) (pathology) The abnormal hardening of body tissues, such as an artery.
fibrosclerosis English (eng) (pathology) The formation of fibrous lesions.

Words with the same origin as fibrosclerosis

Descendants of fibro-
fibroadenoma fibroatherotic fibroatrophy fibrocalcific fibrocartilage fibrocystic fibrodysplasia fibroelastoma fibroepithelial fibroferrite fibrofibrinous fibrogenic fibrohistiocytoma fibroid fibroinflammatory fibrolamellar fibrolite fibroma fibronodular fibropapilloma fibrosclerotic fibrosis fibrothorax fibroxanthoma
Descendants of sclerosis
atherosclerotic