FIBROUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fibrous mean? 

• FIBROUS (adjective)
  The adjective FIBROUS has 2 senses:

1. having or resembling fibers especially fibers used in making cordage such as those of jute

2. (of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew

  Familiarity information: FIBROUS used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FIBROUS (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having or resembling fibers especially fibers used in making cordage such as those of jute

Synonyms:

fibrous; hempen

Similar:

tough (resistant to cutting or chewing)

Derivation:

fiber (a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew

Synonyms:

fibrous; sinewy; stringy; unchewable

Similar:

tough (resistant to cutting or chewing)

 Context examples 

It is characterized by the presence of odontogenic epithelium which is embedded in a fibrous stroma.

(Odontogenic Fibroma, NCI Thesaurus)

The formation of bone or of a bony substance; the conversion of fibrous tissue or of cartilage into bone or a bony substance.

(Ossification, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by the presence of fibrous tissue and a mineralized component which may be woven bone, lamellar bone, or cementum-like material.

(Ossifying Fibroma, NCI Thesaurus)

A benign fibrous neoplasm characterized by a mineralized component (woven bone, lamellar bone, or cementum-like material).

(Ossifying Fibroma, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

It is characterized by the presence of odontogenic epithelium and adjacent myxoid tissue, fibrous stroma, and mineralized dental tissues.

(Odontoameloblastoma, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by the presence of spindle-shaped malignant cells, nuclear pleomorphism, thin-walled blood vessels, fibrous septa, and myxoid stroma.

(Myxofibrosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

MASL1 allele is a potential oncogene whose expression is enhanced in some malignant fibrous histiocytomas.

(MFHAS1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by the presence of spindle cells with myoblastic differentiation, a myxoid stroma, and fibrous septa.

(Mixed Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A disorder in which the bone marrow is replaced by fibrous tissue.

(Myelofibrosis, NCI Dictionary)

A partial or complete replacement of the bone marrow stroma by fibrous tissue.

(Myelofibrosis, NCI Thesaurus)