Fibroblast

Definition: Fibroblast

Fibroblast

Noun

1. A cell from which connective tissue develops.

Abbreviations & Acronyms: Fibroblast

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
FIF	English	Fibroblast immobilizing factor	Medicine
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Specialty Definition: Fibroblast

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

A Fibroblast is a cell that makes the structural fibers and ground substance of connective tissue. It has a branched cytoplasm surrounding an elliptical, speckled nucleus having 1 or 2 nucleoli. Active fibroblasts can be recognized by their abundant rough endoplasmic reticulum. Inactive fibroblasts, which are also called called fibrocytes, are smaller and spindle shaped. They have a reduced rough endoplasmic reticulum.

Fibroblasts make collagens, glycosaminoglycans, reticular and elastic fibers, and glycoproteins found in the extracellular matrix. In growing individuals fibroblasts are dividing and synthesizing ground substance. Tissue damage stimulates fibrocytes and induces the mitosis of fibroblasts.

Fibroblasts can give rise to other cells, such as bone cells,fat cells, and smooth muscle cells. Note that all of these cells are of mesodermal origin.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Fibroblast."

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Crosswords: Fibroblast

Specialty definitions using "fibroblast": Endothelial Growth Factors ♦ Fibroblast Growth Factor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Acidic, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Basic ♦ Gene Therapy ♦ Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Retroviruses Type D ♦ spindle-cell ♦ Tissue Inhibitor-of Metalloproteinase-2. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Fibroblast

Domain	Title
Books	Biology of fibroblast; fourth Sigrid Jusélius Foundation Symposium, Turku, Finland, August, 1972 (reference) Fibroblast Growth Factor: Methods and Protocols (Methods in Molecular Medicine) (reference) Fibroblast surface protein (reference) Interaction of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and tumourigenic DNA viruses in nude mouse fibroblast transformation assay (reference) Modulation of the Interaction Between Fibroblast Growth Factor-2 & Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor (reference) (more book examples)
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Non-Fiction Usage: Fibroblast

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		In affected areas, normal bone is replaced by irregular masses of fibroblast cells. (references)
		Scientists sponsored by NICHD have found that a protein in the body, basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF), regulates nerve cell growth in the brain of newborn rats by crossing the blood-brain barrier to stimulate nerve cell division (Wagner et al., 1999). These researchers also discovered that the effects of bFGF were not restricted to the perinatal period, but also stimulated brain cell growth in older animals, indicating that cells continue to be responsive to bFGF later in life. In adult animals, peripheral bFGF increased cell division threefold in the forebrain and areas related to the sense of smell, indicating that bFGF regulates ongoing generation of nerve cells by a unique pathway, potentially providing new approaches for treating damaged brain cells during development and into adulthood. (references)
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Usage Frequency: Fibroblast

"Fibroblast" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Fibroblast" is used about 25 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	25	69,787

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Fibroblast

Expression using "fibroblast": Fibroblast Growth Factor. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "fibroblast": fibroblast-like, fibroblast-stimulating.
	Ending with "fibroblast": epithelial-cell-fibroblast.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Fibroblast

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
fibroblast	16
fibroblast growth factor	6
fibroblast human	3
fibroblast protein specific	2
cell fibroblast	2
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Modern Translations: Fibroblast

Language		Translations for "fibroblast"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		成纤维细胞. (various references)

Danish		fibroblast (connective-tissue cell, desmocyte). (various references)

Dutch		fibroblast (desmocyte, fibroblastic tumor, fibroblastic tumour), desmocyt (desmocyte). (various references)

Finnish		beeta-interferoni (beta interferon, fibroblast interferon), ?-interferoni (beta interferon, fibroblast interferon, gamma interferon, immune interferon). (various references)

French		fibrocyte (fibrocyte), fibroblaste. (various references)

German		Fibroplast (desmocyte), Fibroblast (desmocyte), Desmozyt (desmocyte). (various references)

Greek		β-ιντερφερόνη (beta interferon, fibroblast interferon), ινοβλαστική ιντερφερόνη (beta interferon, fibroblast interferon). (various references)

Italian		fibroblasto fetale inattivato (inactivated fetal fibroblast), interferone fibroblastico (beta interferon, fibroblast interferon), interferone da fibroblasti (beta interferon, fibroblast interferon), interferone beta (beta interferon, fibroblast interferon, interferon beta). (various references)

Pig Latin		ibroblastfay

Portuguese		fibroblasto (desmocyte). (various references)

Spanish		fibroblasto fetal inactivo (inactivated fetal fibroblast), factor básico de crecimiento de fibroblastos (basic Fibroblast Growth Factor), interferón del fibroblasto (beta interferon, fibroblast interferon), interferón beta (beta interferon, fibroblast interferon, interferon beta). (various references)

Swedish		-interferon (alpha interferon, beta interferon, fibroblast interferon, gamma interferon, immune interferon, leucocyte interferon, lymphoblast interferon), betainterferon (beta interferon, fibroblast interferon). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Fibroblast

Derivations
	Words beginning with "fibroblast": fibroblastic, fibroblasts. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Fibroblast" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: fibroglast. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Fibroblast

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-b-f-i-l-o-r-s-t"
	-2 letters: bobtails, orbitals, strobila.
	-3 letters: bailors, bilboas, bobtail, borstal, bristol, florist, oblasti, oralist, orbital, rabbits, rialtos, strobil, tailors.
	-4 letters: abbots, aborts, absorb, afrits, aorist, aristo, bailor, bilboa, bilbos, biotas, bistro, bloats, boarts, borals, brails, brasil, broils, flairs, flirts, floats, floras, flotas, foliar, fortis, frails, isobar, labors, libras, oblast, orbits, rabbis, rabbit, ratios, rialto, safrol.
	Words containing the letters "a-b-b-f-i-l-o-r-s-t"
	+1 letter: fibroblasts.
	+2 letters: fibroblastic.
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