a hardening or thickening of organs, tissues, or vessels from chronic inflammation, abnormal growth of fibrous tissue, or degeneration of the myelin sheath of nerve fibres, or (esp on the inner walls of arteries) deposition of fatty plaques
the hardening of a plant cell wall or tissue by the deposition of lignin
3.
a debilitating lack of progress or innovation within an institution or organization
Derived forms
sclerosal (scleˈrosal)
adjective
Word origin
C14: via Medieval Latin from Greek sklērōsis a hardening
Examples of 'scleroses' in a sentence
scleroses
No significant association between left sided temporal lobe scleroses for depressive symptoms was seen.
Neena S Sawant, Biswarup M Ghosh 2017, 'A study on interictal depressive symptoms and laterality in temporal lobe and generalizedepilepsies', Annals of Indian Psychiatryhttp://www.anip.co.in/article.asp?issn=2588-8358;year=2017;volume=1;issue=2;spage=97;epage=101;aulast=Sawant. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
All related terms of 'scleroses'
sclerose
to undergo sclerosis ; to harden
sclerosis
Sclerosis is a medical condition in which a part inside your body becomes hard .
disseminated sclerosis
a chronic progressive disease of the central nervous system characterized by loss of some of the myelin sheath surrounding certain nerve fibres and resulting in speech and visual disorders, tremor , muscular incoordination , partial paralysis , etc
multiple sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis is a serious disease of the nervous system, which gradually makes a person weaker , and sometimes affects their sight or speech. The abbreviation → MS is also used.
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
a form of motor neurone disease in which degeneration of motor tracts in the spinal cord causes progressive muscular paralysis starting in the limbs