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Found 1 definition: sclerosis.

Pos: Noun

[WORDNET DICTIONARY]

Noun sclerosis has 1 senses

sclerosis(n = noun.state) induration - any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue;
is a kind of pathology
has particulars: disseminated multiple sclerosis, disseminated sclerosis, ms, multiple sclerosis, als, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, lou gehrig's disease, arteriolosclerosis, arterial sclerosis, arteriosclerosis, coronary-artery disease, hardening of the arteries, induration of the arteries, osteosclerosis
Derived form adjective sclerotic₁

[CIDE DICTIONARY]

sclerosis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. (, fr. sklhro`s hard.].

1. Induration; hardening; especially, that form of induration produced in an organ by increase of its interstitial connective tissue. [1913 Webster]

2. Hardening of the cell wall by lignification. [1913 Webster]

Cerebro-spinal sclerosis (Med.), an affection in which patches of hardening, produced by increase of the neuroglia and atrophy of the true nerve tissue, are found scattered throughout the brain and spinal cord. It is associated with complete or partial paralysis, a peculiar jerking tremor of the muscles, headache, and vertigo, and is usually fatal. Formerly referred to as multiple sclerosis, disseminated sclerosis, or insular sclerosis, but now usually called only multiple sclerosis, or MS.

[OXFORD DICTIONARY]

sclerosis, n.
1 an abnormal hardening of body tissue (see also ARTERIOSCLEROSIS, ATHEROSCLEROSIS).
2 (in full multiple or disseminated sclerosis) a chronic and progressive disease of the nervous system resulting in symptoms including paralysis and speech defects.
3 Bot. the hardening of a cell-wall with lignified matter.

Etymology:
ME f. med.L f. Gk sklerosis f. skleroo harden