Desmoplastic reaction
This term refers to the growth of fibrous or connective tissue.
Some tumors elicit a desmoplastic reaction, the pervasive growth of dense fibrous tissue around the tumor.
Scar tissue (adhesion) within the abdomen after abdominal surgery is another type of desmoplastic reaction.</P> 'Desmo-' comes from the Greek 'desmos' meaning 'a fetter or band' and '-plastic' is also borrowed from the Greek, from 'plassein' meaning 'to form' = to form a band or fetter.