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Definition of Elastosis
1. Noun. Breakdown of elastic tissue (as the loss of elasticity in the skin of elderly people that results from degeneration of connective tissue).
Medical Definition of Elastosis
1. 1. Degenerative change in elastic tissue. 2. Degeneration of collagen fibres, with altered staining properties resembling elastic tissue, or formation by fibroblast-activated ultraviolet or mast cell mediators of abnormal fibres. Synonym: elastoid degeneration, elastotic degeneration. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Elastosis
Literary usage of Elastosis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"elastosis, that is the splitting and reduplication of the internal elastic membrane
with associated elastic tissue degeneration in the media, ..."
2. Health Benefits of Smoking Cessation: A Report of the Surgeon General by DIANE Publishing Company (1990)
"However, the mechanism by which sunlight might cause these changes is uncertain,
and there is no evidence that smoking is associated with elastosis. ..."
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