noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The degeneration of elastic tissue. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   breakdown of elastic tissue (as the loss of elasticity in the skin of elderly people that results from degeneration of connective tissue) wordnet

Etymology

From elastic + -osis.

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