fibrocollagenous
Definitions
Comprising fibrous and collagenous components or substances; made up of fibers and collagen.
Examples
“A 46 year old man with longstanding type⟳ 1 diabetes developed major weight loss and marked deterioration in diabetic control⟳. He had been persistently injecting insulin into areas of abdominal lipohypertrophy within which hard collagenised fibrous tissue nodules had developed. Injecting insulin at different sites dramatically improved blood glucose control⟳. Fibrocollagenous nodules induced by insulin injections have⟳ not been previously described. Examination of a further 73 type⟳ 1 patients revealed lipohypertrophy in 44% and hard subcutaneous nodules on two.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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