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Sclerosis

Sclerosis Meaning & Definition
Sclerosis Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Sclerosis?

[n] any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue

Synonyms | Synonyms for Sclerosis: induration

Related Terms | Find terms related to Sclerosis:

See Also | ALS | amyotrophic lateral sclerosis | arterial sclerosis | arteriolosclerosis | arteriosclerosis | coronary-artery disease | disseminated multiple sclerosis | disseminated sclerosis | hardening of the arteries | induration of the arteries | Lou Gehrig's disease | MS | multiple sclerosis | osteosclerosis | pathology

Sclerosis In Webster's Dictionary

\Scle*ro"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. (??, fr. sklhro`s hard.] 1. (Med.) Induration; hardening; especially, that form of induration produced in an organ by increase of its interstitial connective tissue. 2. (Bot.) Hardening of the cell wall by lignification. {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. Called also {multiple, disseminated, or insular, sclerosis}.

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