Fibrofatty
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Fibrofatty is an adjective meaning (biology) Relating to fibrous tissue and adipose tissue; fibrous and fatty.
Meaning
(biology) Relating to fibrous tissue and adipose tissue; fibrous and fatty.
Example Sentences
In the initial proliferative phase, angiogenesis in hemangiomas is excessive but is followed by spontaneous regression, and the cellular parenchyma is gradually replaced with fibrofatty tissue.
CT occasionally can help distinguish these disorders by showing differences in wall thickness, wall density, distribution of colonic involvement, and the presence or absence of small-bowel disease, abscesses, fistulas, and mesentenic fibrofatty proliferation (Table 1).
Word Forms
- fibro-fatty
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include fibroconnective, fibroatheromatous, fibrotic, fibrocalcific, fatty, fibroatheromatic.
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