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Etymology

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fibro- +‎ fatty

Adjective

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fibrofatty (not comparable)

  1. (of tissue) fibrous and fatty
    • 2015 June 4, Devandir Antonio de Souza Junior et al., “The Role of Mast Cell Specific Chymases and Tryptases in Tumor Angiogenesis”, in BioMed Research International[1], volume 2015, →DOI:
      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.