What does sclerosis mean?
Definitions for sclerosis
sklɪˈroʊ sɪsscle·ro·sis
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Princeton's WordNet
sclerosis, indurationnoun
any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue
Wiktionary
sclerosisnoun
The abnormal hardening of body tissues, such as an artery.
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sclerosis
Sclerosis is a medical term referring to the hardening or stiffening of a structure or organ in the body often caused by the overgrowth or replacement of normal tissue with fibrous, tough, connective tissue. It can occur due to chronic inflammation, persistent injury, or as a result of diseases such as multiple sclerosis or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The specific organ or area affected defines the type of sclerosis.
Webster Dictionary
Sclerosisnoun
induration; hardening; especially, that form of induration produced in an organ by increase of its interstitial connective tissue
Sclerosisnoun
hardening of the cell wall by lignification
Etymology: [NL., fr. Gr. (, fr. sklhro`s hard.]
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Sclerosis
A pathological process consisting of hardening or fibrosis of an anatomical structure, often a vessel or a nerve.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of sclerosis in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of sclerosis in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of sclerosis in a Sentence
There is a possibility that some groups of individuals with other chronic inflammatory conditions, including autoimmune diseases like diabetes or multiple sclerosis, of course autism ... and schizophrenia ... there could be a subgroup of these individuals that could benefit from embracing a gluten-free diet, for schizophrenia, for example, we're talking about 20% or 25%. That's not a trivial number.
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I couldn't play anymore, it was a form of multiple sclerosis, which I don't wish on my worst enemy.
The market for medicinal cannabis in Australia is substantial. The number of patients that could be targeted could be people with epilepsy, Multiple sclerosis, while there is the other spectrum of people with chronic pain.
I feel like I can handle a lot of things. I can handle a parasitic infection and separating lesions, arterial sclerosis. But this stuff...I just want to go through life thinking people are happy, naive as that may sound.
I'm going to share a secret I've never spoken before, I'm immunocompromised, I have multiple sclerosis. So I'm grateful you're all vaccinated, i'm grateful.
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