fibrous

IPA: fˈaɪbrʌs

Examples of "fibrous" in Sentences

Instead, the titanium is simply encapsulated in fibrous tissue.
Hence the latter have also been called fibrous or muscular layers.
The outer sac, known as the fibrous pericardium, consists of fibrous tissue.
"It presents," added the doctor, "all the indications of what we call a fibrous tumor."
# -- Sometimes the fragments become united by a dense band of fibrous tissue, and the reparative process goes no further -- _fibrous union_.
They therefore tend to become fibrous, which is why asparagus and broccoli stems often need to be peeled before cooking, celery and cardoon stalks deveined.
When the fibrous stroma is greatly in excess -- _fibrous goitre_ -- the swelling is smaller, firmer, and shows a greater tendency to contract and compress the trachea.
The roots of each look like a little bundle of strings or fibers, and are therefore called fibrous; the stalks you will find jointed and hollow; and the leaves are long and narrow, tapering to a point at their ends.