sclerosis (redirected from scleroses)

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 [sklɪəˈrəʊsɪs]

n pl -ses [-siːz]

1. (Medicine / Pathology) Pathol a hardening or thickening of organs, tissues, or vessels from chronic inflammation, abnormal growth of fibrous tissue, or degeneration of the myelin sheath of nerve fibres, or (esp on the inner walls of arteries) deposition of fatty plaques Compare arteriosclerosis, atherosclerosis, multiple sclerosis

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) the hardening of a plant cell wall or tissue by the deposition of lignin

[via Medieval Latin from Greek sklērōsis a hardening]

3. a debilitating lack of progress or innovation within an institution or organization

sclerosal  adj

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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 [sklɪˈrəʊsɪs] N (scleroses (pl)) [sklɪˈrəʊsiːz] (Med) → esclerosis f
see also multiple C

sclerosis [skləˈrəʊsɪs] n → sclérose f multiple sclerosis

sclerosis

n → Sklerose f ? multiple sclerosis

sclerosis [sklɪˈrəʊsɪs] n (Med) → sclerosi f