Meaning of SCLEROSIS
| Pronunciation: | | skli'rowsis
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | [n] any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue |
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| | Synonyms: | | induration |
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| | 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 | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| Medical Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Hardening or thickening of an organ or tissue, usually due to abnormal growth of fibrous tissue. |
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