Regeneration vs. Fibrosis

Regenerationnoun

rebuilding or restructuring; large scale repair or renewal.

Regenerationnoun

(theology) spiritual rebirth; the change from a carnal or material life to a pious one

Regenerationnoun

(Christianity) The renewal of the world at the second coming of Christ.

Regenerationnoun

(fantasy) an ability possessed by certain creatures to rapidly heal substantial physical damage to their body

Regenerationnoun

(RPG) spontaneous restoration of hit points

Regenerationnoun

The act of regenerating, or the state of being regenerated.

Regenerationnoun

The entering into a new spiritual life; the act of becoming, or of being made, Christian; that change by which holy affectations and purposes are substituted for the opposite motives in the heart.

Regenerationnoun

The reproduction of a part which has been removed or destroyed; re-formation; - a process especially characteristic of a many of the lower animals; as, the regeneration of lost feelers, limbs, and claws by spiders and crabs.

Regenerationnoun

The reproduction or renewal of tissues, cells, etc., which have been used up and destroyed by the ordinary processes of life; as, the continual regeneration of the epithelial cells of the body, or the regeneration of the contractile substance of muscle.

Regenerationnoun

(biology) growth anew of lost tissue or destroyed parts or organs

Regenerationnoun

feedback in phase with (augmenting) the input

Regenerationnoun

the activity of spiritual or physical renewal

Regenerationnoun

forming again (especially with improvements or removal of defects); renewing and reconstituting

Fibrosisnoun

(medicine) The formation of (excess) fibrous connective tissue in an organ.

Fibrosisnoun

development of excess fibrous connective tissue in an organ

Fibrosis

Fibrosis, also known as fibrotic scarring, is a pathological wound healing in which connective tissue replaces normal parenchymal tissue to the extent that it goes unchecked, leading to considerable tissue remodelling and the formation of permanent scar tissue.Repeated injuries, chronic inflammation and repair are susceptible to fibrosis where an accidental excessive accumulation of extracellular matrix components, such as the collagen is produced by fibroblasts, leading to the formation of a permanent fibrotic scar.In response to injury, this is called scarring, and if fibrosis arises from a single cell line, this is called a fibroma. Physiologically, fibrosis acts to deposit connective tissue, which can interfere with or totally inhibit the normal architecture and function of the underlying organ or tissue.