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What does fibrocystic mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word fibrocystic? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. (pathology) Having increased fibrosis together with increased cystic spaces.
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There are benign breast tumors called fibroadenomas, which are part of the fibrocystic tendencies.
Most breast tenderness that comes and goes with the period is due to benign fibrocystic disease and should not be a cause for concern.
If a person has had a biopsy that shows certain kinds of fibrocystic disease, she may be at increased risk.
Instead, he argued, those women should be told they have fibrocystic changes.
Postmenopausal women receiving estrogen replacement therapy may also present with breast pain caused by fibrocystic changes.
In this second trial there were 4 serious adverse events: 1 patient with diabetes mellitus, 1 patient with breast nodule and 2 patients with fibrocystic breast disease.

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