Definition of Fibrocystic

1. Adjective. (pathology) Having increased fibrosis together with increased cystic spaces ¹

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Definition of Fibrocystic

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Fibrocystic

1. Pertaining to or characterised by the presence of fibrocysts. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fibrocystic

fibrocarcinoma
fibrocartilage
fibrocartilaginous
fibrocartilaginous ring
fibrocartilago
fibrocartilago basalis
fibrocartilago interarticularis
fibrocartilago intervertebralis
fibrocaseous peritonitis
fibrocellular
fibrochondritis
fibrochondroma
fibrochondrosteal
fibrocongestive
fibrocyst
fibrocystic (current term)
fibrocystic breast disease
fibrocystic condition of the breast
fibrocystic disease of breast
fibrocystic disease of the breast
fibrocystic disease of the pancreas
fibrocystoma
fibrocyte
fibrocytes
fibrodysplasia
fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva
fibrodysplasias
fibroelastic
fibroelastic membrane of larynx

Literary usage of Fibrocystic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Surgical Clinics of North America by Robert E. Hermann, Avram M. Cooperman (1921)
"LUKE'S HOSPITAL l fibrocystic LESION OF UPPER PORTION OF SHAFT OF FEMUR Recurring Fracture Through fibrocystic Lesion of Upper Portion of Shaft of Femur. ..."

2. Modern surgical therapeutics: A Compendium of Current Formulæ, Approved by George Henry Napheys (1881)
"... repeated as often as is safe or convenient, and by this plan has succeeded in removing a number of such tumors. FIBROID AND fibrocystic GROWTHS. ..."

3. The British Gynaecological Journal by British Gynaecological Society (1890)
"... Case of fibrocystic Tumour of the Uterus. Operation performed on October I7th, and the specimen referred to Pathological Sub-Committee on October 23rd, ..."

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