FIBROBLASTS

"FIBROBLASTS" is a plural of: fibroblast.

Specialty Definition: FIBROBLASTS

Domain	Definition
Health	Connective tissue cells which secrete an extracellular matrix rich in collagen and other macromolecules. (references)
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Crosswords: FIBROBLASTS

English words defined with "FIBROBLASTS": connective tissue. (references)

Specialty definitions using "FIBROBLASTS": 3T3 Cells ♦ Activated-Leukocyte Cell Adhesion Molecule, Alcian Blue ♦ Cholesterol Ester Storage Disease, Connective Tissue Cells ♦ Dental Sac ♦ Interferon Type I, Interferon-beta, Interleukin-6, Interleukin-8 ♦ Kirsten Sarcoma Virus ♦ Macrophage Inflammatory Proteins, Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1, Mucinoses ♦ PDGF, platelets-derived growth factor ♦ Receptors, Interleukin-1, Receptors, Neurokinin-1, Rheumatoid Nodule ♦ Somatomedins ♦ Wolman Disease. (references)

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Commercial Usage: FIBROBLASTS

Domain	Title
Books	Shb & Its Homologues: Signaling in t Lymphocytes & Fibroblasts (Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Medicine, 1129) (reference) (more book examples)
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Non-Fiction Usage: FIBROBLASTS

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Fibroblasts appear to be metabolically active. (references)
		Note the increased interstitial cellularity with numerous fibroblasts. (references)
		Measurement of the activity of palmitoyl-protein thioesterase involved in CLN1 and the acid protease involved in CLN2 in white blood cells or cultured skin fibroblasts can be used to confirm these diagnoses. (references)
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Usage Frequency: FIBROBLASTS

"FIBROBLASTS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 92.50% of the time. "FIBROBLASTS" is used about 40 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 (plural)	92.5%	37	56,631
Lexical Verb (-s form)	7.5%	3	202,518
Total	100.00%	40	N/A

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: FIBROBLASTS

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
fibroblasts	11
fibroblasts gingival	3
fibroblasts histology	2
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Misspellings: FIBROBLASTS

Misspellings
	"FIBROBLASTS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: fibreoblasts, fibroglast, ibroblasts. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: FIBROBLASTS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-b-f-i-l-o-r-s-s-t"
	-1 letter: fibroblast.
	-3 letters: bobtails, borstals, bristols, florists, oralists, orbitals, strobila, strobils.
	-4 letters: absorbs, aorists, aristos, bailors, bilboas, bistros, bobtail, borstal, brasils, bristol, florist, isobars, oblasti, oblasts, oralist, orbital, rabbits, rialtos, safrols, sailors, satoris, strobil, tailors.
	-5 letters: abbots, aborts, absorb, afrits, aorist, aristo, assoil, assort, bailor, basils, bilboa, bilbos, biotas, bistro, blasts, bloats, boarts, boasts, borals.
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