How to Use fibrosis in a Sentence

fibrosis

noun
  • But after a while, a lot of fibrosis built up.
    — Nina Agrawal, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2026
  • That kind of damage can be an early sign of pulmonary fibrosis.
    — Cnn Staff, CNN, 10 June 2020
  • Both of these problems lead to the symptoms of liver fibrosis.
    — Heidi Moawad, Verywell Health, 17 Oct. 2024
  • The cause was pulmonary fibrosis, said her cousin Sara Kambestad.
    — Emily Langer, BostonGlobe.com, 6 May 2023
  • This process, known as fibrosis, is a sign that the body is responding to injury or damage.
    — Matthew Savoca, The Conversation, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Patients have also used clubs to buy drugs for cancer and pulmonary fibrosis.
    — The Economist, 21 June 2019
  • Albright, who has cystic fibrosis, cited a need to focus on his health.
    — Alejandra Matos, Washington Post, 7 June 2017
  • Experts say there is no evidence that the new virus causes fibrosis.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 1 Mar. 2020
  • His son, Sam, said the cause of death, in a hospital, was pulmonary fibrosis.
    — Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Frey was later diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis and was given one year to live.
    — Michael Hollan, Fox News, 9 Sep. 2021
  • The new coronavirus can cause 50 percent fibrosis of the lungs.
    — Arijeta Lajka, The Denver Post, 29 Feb. 2020
  • Less than two years later, Peter died from pulmonary fibrosis at the age of 65.
    — Neil Swidey, BostonGlobe.com, 9 July 2019
  • Scar tissue can come from damage to the heart, and heart attacks are the most common cause of myocardial fibrosis.
    — Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2024
  • The inflammation can then lead to fibrosis, which is scarring and damage to the liver.
    — Nada Hassanein, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2023
  • In a new study, researchers have found that its active compound, lawsone, may stop and even reverse liver fibrosis.
    — New Atlas, 30 Oct. 2025
  • This decrease, in turn, lessens the force responsible for fibrosis, a buildup of scar tissue that harms organs.
    — Tara Haelle, Scientific American, 17 Mar. 2026
  • The drug is meant to alleviate lung fibrosis, a stiffening of the organs caused by the buildup of scar tissue.
    — Mitch Leslie, Science | AAAS, 10 May 2018
  • Lung damage caused by pulmonary fibrosis cannot be repaired, according to the clinic.
    — Sara Moniuszko, USA Today, 23 June 2026
  • The cause was pulmonary fibrosis, said his wife, Cynthia Benson.
    — Peter Condliffe, Washington Post, 2 July 2018
  • The genes that were more active play a role in the formation of thick, scar-like tissue (called fibrosis), as well as inflammation.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024
  • To the reader’s point, Frank and his wife lost their daughter to cystic fibrosis in 1980.
    — Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 21 June 2017
  • This finding suggests that giraffes may have evolved a unique ability to suppress some of the damaging fibrosis of the heart.
    — Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2023
  • The dust builds up in the lungs and causes inflammation, fibrosis, and eventual tissue death.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 7 Feb. 2018
  • The cause of death was attributed to pulmonary fibrosis, a lung disease that occurs when lung tissue becomes damaged and scarred.
    — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 29 Sep. 2021
  • Pulmonary fibrosis is a chronic disease where tissue surrounding the air sacs in the lungs becomes thickened and scarred.
    — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 25 Sep. 2023
  • Pulmonary fibrosis is scarring on the lungs, wherein scar tissue blocks oxygen from the air sacs in the lungs from getting into the bloodstream.
    — Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
  • These health conditions contribute to a buildup of fat in the liver, experts say, which can then lead to fibrosis, or scarring of the liver.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 9 Feb. 2025
  • The 63-year-old retired nurse had pulmonary fibrosis, a lung disease that happens when the lung’s tissue thickens.
    — Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 23 Nov. 2022
  • The writer Victoria Chang lost her mother six years ago, to pulmonary fibrosis.
    — Kamran Javadizadeh, The New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2021
  • Pulmonary fibrosis led Laing Wint to undergo two double lung transplants in as many years only a few years ago.
    — Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 9 Feb. 2023

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