He had surgery to remove fibrous scar tissue in his knee.
thick, fibrous hair that was not easy to comb
Recent Examples on the WebThis fibrous thread is a renewable resource that is used in potting soils because of its water-retaining abilities.—Renee Freemon Mulvihill, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 May 2024 The result was a fibrous green and tangy dip, bhang ki chutney.—Arbab Ali & Nadeem Sarwar, Saveur, 18 Apr. 2024 Its leaves are fibrous, used for weaving, and people would cook it to get sugar out of it.—Jordyn Noennig, Journal Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2024 The presence and severity of adhesions: Endometrial adhesions are clusters of fibrous tissue that form in bands.—Anna Almendrala, Health, 30 Mar. 2024 The waiter started adding the accoutrements and mashing them into the fibrous eggplant meat.—Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 15 Mar. 2024 At each of your fingertips there’s an ever-growing, translucent plate of fibrous protein called keratin, otherwise known as a nail.—Sabrina Sholts, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Mar. 2024 Cystic fibrosis was originally named, in fact, for the fibrous cysts that a 1930s pathologist saw in the pancreases of babies who had died.—Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2024 The texture is firm and tends to be more fibrous (easily shredding into pieces) than king crab.—Coastal Living, Southern Living, 1 Mar. 2024
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Word History
Etymology
modification of Middle French fibreux, from fibre fiber
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