Medical Definition of Atrophic inflammation

1. A form of chronic inflammation or repeated episodes of acute inflammation in which the continued or recurrent proliferation of fibroblasts results in the formation of fibrous tissue that eventually contracts and leads to compression and atrophy of parenchymal tissue. Synonym: fibroid inflammation. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Atrophic Inflammation

atrocity
atroke
atrop-
atrophedema
atrophia
atrophia cutis
atrophia maculosa varioliformis cutis
atrophia pilorum propria
atrophias
atrophic
atrophic arthritis
atrophic excavation
atrophic gastritis
atrophic glossitis
atrophic heterochromia
atrophic inflammation (current term)
atrophic kidney
atrophic pharyngitis
atrophic rhinitis
atrophic rhinitis of swine
atrophic thrombosis
atrophie blanche
atrophied
atrophies
atrophin
atrophoderma
atrophoderma biotripticum
atrophoderma diffusum

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