FRIABLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does friable mean? 

• FRIABLE (adjective)
  The adjective FRIABLE has 1 sense:

1. easily broken into small fragments or reduced to powder

  Familiarity information: FRIABLE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FRIABLE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Easily broken into small fragments or reduced to powder

Synonyms:

crumbly; friable

Context example:

crumbly cookies

Similar:

breakable (capable of being broken or damaged)

Derivation:

friability (excessive breakableness)

 Context examples 

A friable, benign vascular neoplasm with lobular capillary architecture that presents as a raised red skin growth.

(Lobular Hemangioma, NCI Thesaurus)

Diffuse (length greater than 2cm) or excessive tortuosity of proximal segment or extremely angulated segments greater than 90 degrees or total occlusions greater than 3 months old and/or bridging collaterals or inability to protect major side branches or degenerated vein grafts with friable lesions.

(American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Lesion Complexity Score C, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)