"It presents," added the doctor, "all the indications of what we call a fibrous tumor.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Danger] Reference

Instead, the titanium is simply encapsulated in fibrous tissue.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wooden bones] Reference

The outer sac, known as the fibrous pericardium, consists of fibrous tissue.    From Wordnik.com.  [V. Angiology. 4a. The Pericardium] Reference

A kind of fibrous connective tissue that binds bones or cartilage together.    From Wordnik.com.  [ligament] Reference

The salads were both pretty bad -- the artichokes were kind of fibrous along some edges, which is not right, and the dressing on the octopus was fishy in a bad way.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-03-01] Reference

Cellulite is a complex problem that involves thin skin and the kind of fibrous bands holding in women's fat.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Seattle Times] Reference

The filter is fibrous, meaning that when oil meets it, it beads, and then added water displaces the oil and moves through the filter, leaving the oil behind.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Purdue Exponent] Reference

"" fibrous "" = 90 cubic ft. of pine wood, in sticks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Peat and its Uses as Fertilizer and Fuel] Reference

Bagasse is the fibrous by-product of cane processing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Georgianne Nienaber: Bill Clinton Puts Influential Muscle Behind Agricultural Production in Haiti] Reference

Called the "Madame Francis," it is juicy and sweet, and a bit fibrous.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mangoes Could Boost Haiti Industry; Bush Visits Mango Warehouse] Reference

It is muddy, too, and overrich in dissolved fibrous and bitter matters.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Suffrage Cook Book] Reference

The result is a large fibrous lesion, or plaque, that narrows the blood vessel.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cardiac Contagion] Reference

But inflammatory chemicals can weaken the fibrous cap that holds a plaque in place.    From Wordnik.com.  [QUIETING A BODY'S DEFENSES] Reference

Natural silk, no matter how thoroughly masticated, will retain its fibrous strength.    From Wordnik.com.  [Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades] Reference

This moving causes the formation of numerous fibrous roots and makes stronger plants.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study] Reference

The grass doesn't care, gets brighter, fiercer, mocking human youth with fibrous ease.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lawn] Reference

It is made of dry grass and moss, and lined with fibrous roots and a little horse hair.    From Wordnik.com.  [Birds Illustrated by Color Photography [August, 1897] A Monthly Serial designed to Promote Knowledge of Bird-Life] Reference

Later it may become more firm and feel like a loose, thickened, fibrous cap for the hock.    From Wordnik.com.  [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference

Beneath the cuticle is the fibrous part, consisting of many cells closely packed together.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken] Reference

In small, ice-covered lakes created by glacial runoff live fibrous mats of algae and plankton.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eking Out A Life In The Ice] Reference

She sucked loudly on its shoots, swallowed juice from its pith and spat out the fibrous leftovers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Take Two Roots; Call Me . . .] Reference

The replacement of the glandular tissue by fibrous tissue in one or more quarters is not uncommon.    From Wordnik.com.  [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference

However, its coarse, strong, fibrous structure helps build lightness into a pile and improve air flow.    From Wordnik.com.  [Organic Gardener's Composting] Reference

If fibrous, it acts as an irritant and overcomes sluggishness of the intestines known as constipation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Management] Reference

The seeds are enclosed in a thin-walled, brown to black fibrous hulls that are removed at a groat mill.    From Wordnik.com.  [Organic Gardener's Composting] Reference

Both use specially bred enzymes to break down the fibrous material into sugar for refining into ethanol.    From Wordnik.com.  [Go yellow? Soon ethanol may not just be from corn] Reference

This may then terminate in new formations, such as adhesions, fibrous thickenings and bony enlargements.    From Wordnik.com.  [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference

Happier, she especially enjoyed the messy process of cracking open the fibrous shells and fishing out the shriveled nuts.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cracking Open] Reference

Scirrhous cords or fibrous tumors should be dissected out and removed before they have become large and begun breaking down.    From Wordnik.com.  [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference

Information on how to handle the fibrous, heat-resistant stuff has been so contradictory that nobody knows what to do with it.    From Wordnik.com.  [To Yank Or Not To Yank?] Reference

If a little pine tree could be taken up, the pupils would be interested in seeing what long, strong, fibrous roots the pine has.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study] Reference

The most important function of the rumen and omasum is the maceration of the fibrous substances, and the digestion of the cellulose.    From Wordnik.com.  [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference

The traditional conversion process is to pre-treat the raw fibrous material to soften it, then break it down with enzymes into sugar.    From Wordnik.com.  [Go yellow? Soon ethanol may not just be from corn] Reference

You can process fibrous foods such as sweet potatoes or meat in a baby-food grinder (found in baby stores), food processor, or blender.    From Wordnik.com.  [Homemade baby food: Save by making your own] Reference

If a woman's breasts are young and firm, or cluttered with natural fibrous masses, everything looks dense, and tumors become hard to spot.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sharper Focus On The Breast] Reference