fibroplasia

English

Etymology

From fibro- +‎ -plasia.

Noun

fibroplasia (countable and uncountable, plural fibroplasias)

1. The generation of fibrous tissue (especially in wound healing)
   • 2007, Cecil R. Reynolds, Elaine Fletcher-Janzen, Encyclopedia of Special Education: P-Z, page 1744:

     The important relationship between arterial blood oxygen (PO^2[sic]), the respiratory distress syndrome, and retrolental fibroplasia is now well established.

Related terms

• dysplasia
• fibrodysplasia