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fibroplasia

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fibroplasia [‚fī·brə′plā·zhə]
(medicine)
The growth of fibrous tissue, as in the second phase of wound healing.


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Windsor, OD, FAAO Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), originally called retrolental fibroplasia, was the leading cause of blindness in children in the 1940s and 1950s.
Effect of oxygen on developing retinal vessels with particular reference to the problem of retrolental fibroplasia.
During the next few days, fibroplasia, collagen synthesis, wound contraction, and neovascularization occur.
 
 
 
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