adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
tissue
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This remedy has an affinity for fibrous tissues , joints and tendons.
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The three nails are formed of dark fibrous tissue and are exceedingly sharp.
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The fibrous tissues round the infected area impedes access of antituberculous substances.
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Damaged or destroyed muscles eventually became replaced with fibrous tissues that shortened and contracted.
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In muscle disease degeneration of muscle fibres and replacement with fibrous tissue have been seen.
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Abnormal fibrous tissue overgrowth has long been known to affect a number of widely separate organ systems.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Amyloidosis occurs when an abnormal protein becomes fibrous and becomes deposited in the heart muscle.
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Description: This aquatic water fern is a rosette plant which has dense, fibrous roots.
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Overcooking, however, will result in the dryness and fibrous texture that occur with any bird subjected to too much heat.
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The incoming immune adults then graze the lower more fibrous echelons of the herbage which contain the majority of the L3.
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The three nails are formed of dark fibrous tissue and are exceedingly sharp.
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The unsalted eggplant had a firmer, slightly fibrous texture while the salted eggplant was creamier and slightly pillowy.
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This is why the paper-maker is able to make a fibrous pulp for your morning paper from wood.
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This means that large fibrous structures form near T m, whereas greater numbers of small spherulites grow at lower temperatures.