encephalosclerosis

encephalosclerosis

 [en-sef″ah-lo-sklĕ-ro´sis] hardening of the brain.

en·ceph·a·lo·scle·ro·sis

(en-sef'ă-lō-sklĕ-ro'sis), A sclerosis, or hardening, of the brain.
See also: cerebrosclerosis. [encephalo- + G. sklērōsis, hardening]

encephalosclerosis

An older term that dignifies "hardening" of cerebral tissue; encephalosclerosis does not correspond to a specific pathological entity, and is not used in the working medical parlance.

en·ceph·a·lo·scle·ro·sis

(en-sef'ă-lō-skler-ō'sis) A sclerosis, or hardening, of the brain.
See also: cerebrosclerosis[encephalo- + G. sklērōsis, hardening]

en·ceph·a·lo·scle·ro·sis

(en-sef'ă-lō-skler-ō'sis) A sclerosis, or hardening, of the brain. [encephalo- + G. sklērōsis, hardening]