英语词汇“sclerosis”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Someone is diagnosed with the condition sclerosis when a part of their body becomes unusually hardened. A diet that's too high in cholesterol can cause sclerosis of the arteries.

In many cases of sclerosis, the stiffening of tissue in organs, nerves, or arteries happens when it's gradually replaced with harder connective tissue. One of the most common forms of sclerosis is called multiple sclerosis, or MS. In this disorder, nerve cells in the spinal cord and brain are affected. Eventually patients with multiple sclerosis experience lack of coordination, numbness, and other symptoms. The Greek root is skleros, or "hard."

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sclerosis

USAGE EXAMPLES

The former is prescribed for the painful muscle spasms that occur in multiple sclerosis, while the latter is aimed at childhood seizures.

Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016)

Arianna suffers from a neuromuscular disease similar to childhood Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis or Lou Gehrig’s disease.

Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017)

The company’s best-selling multiple sclerosis Tecfidera faces new competition and challenges to key patents.

Wall Street Journal(Dec 27, 2016)

n any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue

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induration

MS, disseminated multiple sclerosis, disseminated sclerosis, multiple sclerosis

a chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers

ALS, Lou Gehrig's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord; results in progressive muscle atrophy that starts in the limbs

arteriolosclerosis

sclerosis of the arterioles

arterial sclerosis, arteriosclerosis, coronary-artery disease, hardening of the arteries, induration of the arteries

sclerosis of the arterial walls

osteosclerosis

abnormal hardening or eburnation of bone

atherosclerosis, coronary artery disease

a stage of arteriosclerosis involving fatty deposits (atheromas) inside the arterial walls, thus narrowing the arteries

arteriosclerosis obliterans

a stage of arteriosclerosis involving closure of blood vessels

pathology

any deviation from a healthy or normal condition

单词	sclerosis
释义	sclerosis (once / 12148 pages) n Someone is diagnosed with the condition sclerosis when a part of their body becomes unusually hardened. A diet that's too high in cholesterol can cause sclerosis of the arteries. In many cases of sclerosis, the stiffening of tissue in organs, nerves, or arteries happens when it's gradually replaced with harder connective tissue. One of the most common forms of sclerosis is called multiple sclerosis, or MS. In this disorder, nerve cells in the spinal cord and brain are affected. Eventually patients with multiple sclerosis experience lack of coordination, numbness, and other symptoms. The Greek root is skleros, or "hard." WORD FAMILY sclerosis USAGE EXAMPLES The former is prescribed for the painful muscle spasms that occur in multiple sclerosis, while the latter is aimed at childhood seizures. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) Arianna suffers from a neuromuscular disease similar to childhood Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis or Lou Gehrig’s disease. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) The company’s best-selling multiple sclerosis Tecfidera faces new competition and challenges to key patents. Wall Street Journal(Dec 27, 2016) n any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper induration MS, disseminated multiple sclerosis, disseminated sclerosis, multiple sclerosis a chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers ALS, Lou Gehrig's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord; results in progressive muscle atrophy that starts in the limbs arteriolosclerosis sclerosis of the arterioles arterial sclerosis, arteriosclerosis, coronary-artery disease, hardening of the arteries, induration of the arteries sclerosis of the arterial walls osteosclerosis abnormal hardening or eburnation of bone atherosclerosis, coronary artery disease a stage of arteriosclerosis involving fatty deposits (atheromas) inside the arterial walls, thus narrowing the arteries arteriosclerosis obliterans a stage of arteriosclerosis involving closure of blood vessels pathology any deviation from a healthy or normal condition
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