POLMONARY FIBROSIS

PULMONARY

• Pulmonary means lungs

FIBROSIS

• "Scarrying of the tissue in the lungs"

Pulmonary fibrosis is a disease marked by scarring in the lungs. Tissue deep in the lungs start to become stiff and thick.

In easier terms, your lungs are going to become like cement, making it harder to breath.

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ETYMOLOGY

• In 1704, from french pulmonarie and directly from latin pulmonaroius
• In 1873, from a modern latin hybird, from latin fibra