FIBROUS

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1893 · p. 1

adj. Fi'bru3s. Lat., fibros us, fibril lat us (from fibra, a fibre). Fr., fibreux, fibroae, fibrille, fibrilla ire. Ger., faserig. ing much woody fibre; in pathology, due to or characterized by the formation of adventitious f. ti ue. [B. 19, 123 (a, 24): S. D. Gro (D); L, 147.] [s. 51]