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fibrocellular en · ADJ

Etymology

From fibro- + cellular.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) fibrous and cellular
    • The pathogenesis of PTTM starts with the formation of microscopic tumor cell emboli, which cause small pulmonary vessel injury and induce local activation of coagulation and recruitment of inflammatory markers, eventually leading to fibrocellular intimal proliferation.[ 1 4 8 9 ] The resultant stenosis of the pulmonary capillaries and arterioles increases pulmonary vascular resistance causing PH. 2015 July 31, Rohit Godbole et al., “Pulmonary Tumor Thrombotic Microangiopathy: Clinical, Radiologic, and Histologic Correlation”, in Journal of Clinical Imaging Science, volume 5, →DOI: