My dictionary says: "Easily crumbled, brittle" Friable means - easily reduced to powder. It is most often used in the context of surgery to describe tissue that is diseased/weak/thin.
Friable tissue means that it is easily crumbled or broken apart. This usually indicates that the tissue is fragile, brittle, or easily disrupted.
Friable tissues can be caused by various factors such as chronic inflammation, infection, trauma, or a lack of blood supply (ischemia). Diseases like inflammatory bowel disease, certain infections, or certain types of cancer can also lead to friable tissues in the body. Additionally, deficiencies in certain nutrients like vitamin C can weaken tissues and make them more prone to friability.
Loess is predominantly composed of silt-sized particles, typically quartz, feldspar, and mica. It is a wind-blown sediment that accumulates in layers, forming a porous and friable sedimentary deposit.
Mucosa can be found in the lining of the GI tract and friable is a term used to described the amount of degradation experienced in the GI tract. The Mucosa of the GI tract aids in the degradation of food in the body.
What does mantle mean
It can be crushed into dust
A friable colon is one that is easily upset or irritated. It can become swollen and could lead to colon disease.
The sense of friable is "can be easily grinded".
A friable callus is a collection of tissue in excess of normal that can be scraped or crumbled away.
Yes, any non-friable form of asbestos can become friable. Some kinds can become friable simply through aging, weathering, or normal use. Others become friable if worked with power tools, producing dust that is "friable" if allowed to accumulate without being captured and removed from the work area.
Materials containing asbestos are considered to be friable if they can be easily crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder by hand pressure when dry. Friable asbestos poses a higher risk of releasing harmful fibers into the air compared to non-friable asbestos-containing materials.
Friable asbestos is material that contains asbestos fibers and that can be crumbled into dust in the hand without the use of tools.
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"Friable" describes the condition of tissue that is easily broken or torn. That can be the result of infection or damage to the tissue from injury or disease. For example, the skin of a scleroderma patient that it is very taut and "stretched thin" can be easily damaged. That tissue would be called friable.
A friable callus is a callus formation that has grown with the cells further apart. When a callus is not friable, it is dense and compact and when it is used to regenerate plant tissue, it grows into a lump and doesn't grow to a viable plant. A friable callus, however, allows the regenerating tissue to grow suspensions.