Sclerosis

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A thickening or hardening of a body part, as of an artery, especially from excessive formation of fibrous interstitial tissue.
  • n. A disease characterized by this thickening or hardening.
  • n. Botany The hardening of cells by the formation of a secondary wall and the deposition of lignin.
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  • n. The abnormal hardening of body tissues, such as an artery.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Induration; hardening; especially, that form of induration produced in an organ by increase of its interstitial connective tissue.
  • n. Hardening of the cell wall by lignification.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A hardening or induration; specifically, the increase of the sustentacular tissue (neuroglia, or connective tissue) of a part at the expense of the more active tissue.
  • n. In botany, the induration of a tissue or cell-wall either by thickening of the membranes or by their lignification (that is, by the formation of lignin in them).
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  • n. any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue
    • Variant
    scleroses   
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    Words with the same meaning
    induration    hardening   
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    acidosis    apotheosis    arteriosclerosis    asbestosis    cirrhosis   
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