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scle·ro·sis  (skl-rss)

n. pl. scle·ro·ses (-sz)

1.

a. A thickening or hardening of a body part, as of an artery, especially from excessive formation of fibrous interstitial tissue.

b. A disease characterized by this thickening or hardening.

2. Botany The hardening of cells by the formation of a secondary wall and the deposition of lignin.

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[Middle English sclirosis, from Medieval Latin sclrsis, from Greek sklrsis, hardening, from sklroun, to harden; see scleroma.]

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sclerosis [skleer-oh-siss, -seez]

Noun

pl -ses Pathol an abnormal hardening or thickening of body tissues, esp. of the nervous system or the inner wall of arteries [Greek sklērōsis a hardening]

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sclerosis

a hardening of body tissues or other parts, as by an excessive growth of fibrous connective tissue. See also plants — sclerotic, adj.

See also: Disease and Illness

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a hardening of body tissues or other parts, as by an excessive growth of fibrous connective tissue. See also plants. — sclerotic, adj.

See also: Body, Human

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the hardening of the cell wall of a plant, as by the formation of wood. See also body, human. — sclerotic, adj.

See also: Plants

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

sclerosis - any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue induration disseminated multiple sclerosis, disseminated sclerosis, MS, multiple sclerosis - a chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers ALS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Lou Gehrig's disease - thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord; results in progressive muscle atrophy that starts in the limbs arteriolosclerosis - sclerosis of the arterioles arterial sclerosis, arteriosclerosis, coronary-artery disease, hardening of the arteries, induration of the arteries - sclerosis of the arterial walls osteosclerosis - abnormal hardening or eburnation of bone pathology - any deviation from a healthy or normal condition

Translations

sclerosis [sklɪˈrəusɪs] n → sclérose f

sclerosis [sklɪˈrəusɪs] n → Sklerose f

sclerosis [sklɪˈrəusɪs] n → sclerosi f