fibrous tissue
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They’re structurally dense, meaning they contain more glandular and fibrous tissue than fat.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026
The characterization of dense breasts refers to how much fat, glandular tissue, and fibrous tissue are in the mix.
From Slate • Feb. 4, 2026
They found a more than twofold increase over the two decades in significant liver fibrosis, a condition where healthy liver tissue is replaced by stiff, fibrous tissue — like a sponge hardening into leather.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 26, 2025
The successful use of PS-OCT to visualize the organization of fibrous tissue in eye structures could have huge implications for clinical research, diagnostics, and therapeutics.
From Science Daily • May 16, 2024
From the period of adolescence certain of the tissues are commencing a retrograde metamorphosis, and hand in hand with this goes the deposit of fibrous tissue which later may become calcified.
From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Warfield, Louis Marshall
