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Definition of Elastosis
1. Noun. Breakdown of elastic tissue (as the loss of elasticity in the skin of elderly people that results from degeneration of connective tissue).
Medical Definition of Elastosis
1. 1. Degenerative change in elastic tissue. 2. Degeneration of collagen fibres, with altered staining properties resembling elastic tissue, or formation by fibroblast-activated ultraviolet or mast cell mediators of abnormal fibres. Synonym: elastoid degeneration, elastotic degeneration. (05 Mar 2000)
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