sclerosis

noun

scle·ro·sis | \ sklə-ˈrō-səs

Definition of sclerosis

1 : pathological hardening of tissue especially from overgrowth of fibrous tissue or increase in interstitial tissue also : a disease characterized by sclerosis

2 : an inability or reluctance to adapt or compromise political sclerosis

Examples of sclerosis in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web European countries have strived for years to shed sclerosis from government-centrist policies. — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2021 Multiple sclerosis and other autoimmune diseases, for example, can be treated with a multitude of drugs, each targeting a slightly different branch of the immune system. — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2021 Those diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. Bone marrow transplant recipients. — Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer, 22 Mar. 2021 Multiple sclerosis, for example, has long been associated with infection by the herpesvirus Epstein-Barr. — New York Times, 21 Jan. 2021 The second concerned a rise in multiple-sclerosis cases, which some in the population feared was linked to the government’s hepatitis B vaccination program. — Yasmeen Serhan, The Atlantic, 18 Mar. 2021 Like many people at the beginning of their ALS journey, Trott’s father was first diagnosed with the less severe primary lateral sclerosis. — San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2021 Days later, pathology results determined Isaiah had an extracardiac rhabdomyoma, a rare benign soft-tissue tumor caused by a genetic disease called tuberous sclerosis. — Evan Frank, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Mar. 2021 The nerves develop scars or sclerotic lesions (sclerosis is Greek for hard) in the aftermath of such attacks. — Bret Stetka, Scientific American, 18 June 2015

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sclerosis

noun

English Language Learners Definition of sclerosis

medical : a disease in which soft parts inside the body (such as arteries or muscles) become hard

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sclerosis

noun

scle·ro·sis | \ sklə-ˈrō-səs

plural scleroses\ -ˌsēz

Medical Definition of sclerosis

1 : a pathological condition in which a tissue has become hard and which is produced by overgrowth of fibrous tissue and other changes (as in arteriosclerosis) or by increase in interstitial tissue and other changes (as in multiple sclerosis)

— called also hardening