fibrosis

IPA: faɪbrˈoʊsʌs

Examples of "fibrosis" in Sentences

A decline in the observed incidence of cystic fibrosis is due to prenatal testing.
In addition, a board-certified pediatric pulmonologist with specialized training in cystic fibrosis is available 24 hours a day.
Cystic fibrosis is one of the most common monogenic disease and was chosen for gene-targeting studies by Smithies and his co-workers [53, 54].
The new “DNA fingerprint” test of a cell can spot from a genetic signature that a condition, such as cystic fibrosis, is present, the scientists behind it say.
As the stem cells that regenerate these cells start to slow down, the renewal process lags, and the lungs scar a process called fibrosis and become resistant to air exchange.
These results offer a surprising counterpoint to recent suggestions that prolonged, intense endurance training over many years can leave signs of "fibrosis" - scarring - on the heart.
CHETRY: So, this does allows you to, in some cases, really circumvent what could be a lifetime of pain for a family if they have a child who eventually gets something as devastating as cystic fibrosis, which is genetic.
"Affecting 30,000 people in the United States alone," The Sun reports, "cystic fibrosis is an inherited disease that causes the body to produce thick, sticky mucus that can clog the lungs and damage the pancreas, interfering with the body's ability to absorb nutrients.