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Definition of Fibrous

1. Adjective. Having or resembling fibers especially fibers used in making cordage such as those of jute.

2. Adjective. (of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew.

Definition of Fibrous

1. a. Containing, or consisting of, fibers; as, the fibrous coat of the cocoanut; the fibrous roots of grasses.

Definition of Fibrous

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to fibre. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fibrous

1. containing, consisting of, or resembling fibers [adj]

Medical Definition of Fibrous

1. Composed of or containing fibroblasts, and also the fibrils and fibres of connective tissue formed by such cells. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fibrous

fibroses fibrosing fibrosing adenomatosis fibrosing adenosis fibrosing alveolitis fibrosing mediastinitis fibrosis fibrositic headache fibrositis fibrositises

fibrosity fibrospongiae fibrothorax fibrotic fibrous (current term) fibrous-rooted begonia fibrous adhesion fibrous ankylosis fibrous appendix of liver fibrous articular capsule

fibrous astrocyte fibrous capsule fibrous capsule of kidney fibrous capsule of liver fibrous capsule of parotid gland fibrous capsule of spleen fibrous capsule of thyroid gland fibrous cortical defect

Literary usage of Fibrous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1871)
"In the male, the fibrous membrane of the bladder is a reflection of the superior ... At this part it is the fibrous membrane of the vagina, or rather a very ..."

2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1893)
"At its upper part it suddenly tapers off and becomes destitute of muscular fibres. consisting only of fibrous tissue covered by two layers of endocardium, ..."

3. Microscopical Morphology of the Animal Body in Health and Disease by Carl Heitzmann (1882)
"... are large and nucleated, either regularly scattered or rranged in chain-like rows. (See Fig. 73.) FIG. 73.—STRIATED OR fibrous CARTILAGE FROM THE ..."

4. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"Ihe fibrous rings surround the auriculo-ventricular and arterial orifices ; they are stronger upon the left than on the right side of the heart. ..."

5. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science : Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1868)
"That which is composed of fibrin, or has the appearance of fibrin. FI'BRO, in composition, appertaining or relating to fibrous tissue. ..."

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