an excessive growth of white fibrous tissue, as of the muscle sheaths, resulting from inflammation; muscular rheumatism
Origin of fibrositis
Modern Latin from fibrosus, fibrous + -itisfibrositis
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fibrositis
noun
- Inflammatory hyperplasia of white fibrous connective tissue.
- Fibromyalgia.
Origin of fibrositis
New Latin fibrōsus fibrous ( from Latin fibra fiber ) -itisTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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fibrositis - Medical Definition
n.
- Inflammatory hyperplasia of white fibrous connective tissue.
- Fibromyalgia.
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