How to Use fibrosis in a Sentence

fibrosis

noun

• His son Jeff Sarokin said the cause was pulmonary fibrosis.
  — Joseph P. Fried, New York Times, 24 June 2023
• The cause was pulmonary fibrosis, said her cousin Sara Kambestad.
  — Emily Langer, BostonGlobe.com, 6 May 2023
• To the reader’s point, Frank and his wife lost their daughter to cystic fibrosis in 1980.
  — Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 21 June 2017
• His son, Sam, said the cause of death, in a hospital, was pulmonary fibrosis.
  — Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2024
• The cause was pulmonary fibrosis, said a son, Gerry Holmes.
  — Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2019
• The new coronavirus can cause 50 percent fibrosis of the lungs.
  — Arijeta Lajka, The Denver Post, 29 Feb. 2020
• Asbestos can cause a fibrosis in the lung similar to IPF.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 19 Sep. 2023
• Ubben, 84, died of pulmonary fibrosis on Dec. 13 at his home, said his son, Jeffrey.
  — Bob Goldsborough, chicagotribune.com, 28 Dec. 2021
• This process, known as fibrosis, is a sign that the body is responding to injury or damage.
  — Matthew Savoca, The Conversation, 21 Mar. 2023
• Less than two years later, Peter died from pulmonary fibrosis at the age of 65.
  — Neil Swidey, BostonGlobe.com, 9 July 2019
• His heart-wrenching book on losing his 8-year-old daughter to cystic fibrosis (Alex: The Life of a Child).
  — Dave Hyde, Sun-Sentinel.com, 30 May 2017
• The cause was pulmonary fibrosis, said her husband, Robert.
  — Bart Barnes, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2019
• 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
• Coming up, the second part of this episode: Cystic fibrosis in the decades since Dorothy Andersen’s death.
  — Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 25 Nov. 2021
• That kind of damage can be an early sign of pulmonary fibrosis.
  — Cnn Staff, CNN, 10 June 2020
• The cause was complications from pulmonary fibrosis, said Cem Kurosman, a spokesman for the Blue Note record label.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 2 Oct. 2021
• The inflammation can then lead to fibrosis, which is scarring and damage to the liver.
  — Nada Hassanein, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2023
• Erekat was diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis and traveled to the United States for a lung transplant three years ago.
  — Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2020
• The cause was pulmonary fibrosis, said his wife, Cynthia Benson.
  — Peter Condliffe, Washington Post, 2 July 2018
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Chemotherapy at a young age causes the fibrosis that later takes her life, so Aisha and her family learn to get comfortable with death, and get the most out of life.
  — Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2019
• As people age, TGF-beta accretes in the blood and this leads to problems such as inflammation or fibrosis.
  — The Economist, 12 Sep. 2019
• The dust builds up in the lungs and causes inflammation, fibrosis, and eventual tissue death.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 7 Feb. 2018
• Frey was later diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis and was given one year to live.
  — Michael Hollan, Fox News, 9 Sep. 2021
• People who have high blood pressure often develop HFpEF where the heart gets very stiff with fibrosis.
  — Nicholas St. Fleur, STAT, 16 Aug. 2024
• The cause was complications from pulmonary fibrosis, said his son Rick Bastian.
  — Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 6 July 2024

Last Updated: 7 Dec 2024