Sclerosis is a hardening of a cell wall or body tissues.
(noun)An example of sclerosis is a rigid state of the knee due to thickening or hardening.
See sclerosis in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun pl. scleroses
Origin: ME sclirosis < ML < Gr sklērōsis, a hardening < sklēros, hard: see sclera
See sclerosis in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun pl. scle·ro·ses (-sēz)
Origin:
Origin: Middle English sclirosis
Origin: , from Medieval Latin sclīrōsis
Origin: , from Greek sklērōsis, hardening
Origin: , from sklēroun, to harden; see scleroma
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