sclerosis

Wikipedia

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σκλήρωσις (sklerosis, “an induration”), from *σκληροῦν (skleroyn, “to harden, indurate”), from σκληρός (skleros, “hard”)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊsɪs

Noun

sclerosis (plural scleroses)

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

Derived terms

• arteriosclerosis
• atherosclerosis
• sclerotic
• multiple sclerosis
• osteosclerosis

Related terms

• sclera

Translations

abnormal hardening of body tissues

• Armenian: կարծրախտ (hy) (karcraxt)
• Danish: sklerose (da) c, sclerose (da) c (informal)
• Dutch: sclerose (nl)
• French: sclérose f
• German: Sklerose (de) f
• Icelandic: hersli (is) n, sigg (is) n
• Latvian: skleroze (lv) f

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sklerose (no) m

  Nynorsk: sklerose (nn) m

• Russian: склероз (ru) (skl'eróz) m
• 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