Definitions for sclerosis
sklɪˈroʊ sɪsscle·ro·sis

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. sclerosis, indurationnoun

   any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sclerosisnoun

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

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1. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sclerosisnoun

   induration; hardening; especially, that form of induration produced in an organ by increase of its interstitial connective tissue

2. Sclerosisnoun

   hardening of the cell wall by lignification

3. Etymology: [NL., fr. Gr. (, fr. sklhro`s hard.]

U.S. National Library of MedicineRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sclerosis

   A pathological process consisting of hardening or fibrosis of an anatomical structure, often a vessel or a nerve.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of sclerosis in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of sclerosis in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of sclerosis in a Sentence

1. Neil Cavuto:

   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.

2. Jaime Imitola:

   We must help educate our patients not only in the clinic setting, but also by working with patient advocacy groups such as the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and the ALS Association, we all want to end the plight of our patients, and the challenges brought about by stem cell tourism are an opportunity for medical societies such as the American Academy of Neurology and the American Neurological Association to advocate against unsafe and unproven practices, and to end the exploitation of therapeutic hope.

3. Pascual Valle:

   I have multiple sclerosis, so the heat's no good for me, it makes me weak. It just sucks everything out of my body.

4. Eileen Curran:

   It’s troubling to hear that a person’s disability would be made fun of by others, multiple sclerosis, which affects more than 2.3 million people worldwide, is an often misunderstood disease.

5. Gaelan Bloomfield:

   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.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=sclerosis
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Sclerosis
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sclerosis