Definition of Fibrous tissue

1. Noun. Tissue consisting of or containing fibers in both animals and plants.

Generic synonyms: Animal Tissue, Plant Tissue
Specialized synonyms: Trabecula

Medical Definition of Fibrous tissue

1. Although most connective tissue has fibrillar elements, the term usually refers to tissue laid down at a wound site well vascularised at first (granulation tissue) but later avascular and dominated by collagen rich extracellular matrix, forming a scar. Excessive contraction and hyperplasia leads to formation of a keloid. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fibrous Tissue

fibrous lamina
fibrous layer
fibrous mediastinitis
fibrous membrane
fibrous pericarditis
fibrous pericardium
fibrous plaque
fibrous pneumonia
fibrous polyp
fibrous protein
fibrous ring
fibrous ring of heart
fibrous ring of intervertebral disc
fibrous sheaths
fibrous skeleton of heart
fibrous tissue (current term)
fibrous trigones of heart
fibrous tubercle
fibrous tunic of eye
fibrous union
fibrous xanthoma
fibrously
fibrousness
fibrovascular
fibrovascular bundle
fibroxanthoma
fibs
fibster
fibsters

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