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Webster 1913 Edition

Sclerosis

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Scle-ro′sis

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Noun.

[NL., fr. Gr. ([GREEK][GREEK], fr.

σκληρόσ

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.

Definition 2024

sclerosis

sclerosis

English

Noun

sclerosis ‎(plural scleroses)

(pathology) The abnormal hardening of body tissues, such as an artery.

Derived terms

Derived terms

Related terms

sclera

Translations

abnormal hardening of body tissues

Armenian: կարծրախտ ‎(karcraxt)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 硬化症 ‎(yìnghuàzhèng)
Danish: sklerose c, sclerose c (informal)
Dutch: sclerose (nl)
Finnish: kovettuminen
French: sclérose (fr) f
German: Sklerose f
Icelandic: hersli n, sigg n

Korean: 경화 (ko) ‎(gyeonghwa), 경화증 (ko) ‎(gyeonghwajeung)
Latvian: skleroze f
Norwegian:

Bokmål: sklerose m

Nynorsk: sklerose m
Polish: stwardnienie n
Portuguese: esclerose (pt) f
Russian: склеро́з (ru) m ‎(skleróz)
Spanish: esclerosis (es) f
Swedish: skleros (sv) c

External links

sclerosis in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
sclerosis in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911