sclerosis Definition
scle·ro·sis (skli rō′sis)
noun pl. -·ses-sēz′
- Bot. a hardening of the cell wall of a plant, usually by an increase of lignin
- Med.
- an abnormal hardening of body tissues or parts, esp. of the nervous system or the walls of arteries
- a disease characterized by this
Etymology: ME sclirosis < ML < Gr sklērōsis, a hardening < sklēros, hard: see sclera
sclerosis Usage Examples
Converse of subject
affect: Recommended Sites MS Society Site of the UKs largest charity for people affected by multiple sclerosis.
Converse of object
- relapsing-remitting: The saving per relapse prevented was assumed to be the same as for relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis.
- relapse: Rebif is indicated for the treatment of relapsing multiple sclerosis.
- remit: Clinical efficacy TYSABRI is indicated as a single disease modifying therapy in relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis to prevent relapses and delay progression of disability.
- treat: GW's most advanced product is under trial to treat multiple sclerosis.
- develop: Recently long term studies of patients with ADEM have shown that a small number later on develop multiple sclerosis.
- include: We continue to examine the opportunity for our antibody candidates in other indications, including diffuse systemic sclerosis.
Adjective modifier
- amyotrophic: There was Hodgkin's disease, leukemia, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
- tuberous: For the past six years, she has followed from infancy a cohort of 20 children with Tuberous Sclerosis.
- multiple: The multiple sclerosis is not a death sentence, where methanol toxicity is.
- hippocampal: Surgery to remove the source of seizures in the hippocampus can cure temporal lobe epilepsy in patients with hippocampal sclerosis.
- lateral: There was Hodgkin's disease, leukemia, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
- systemic: Out of her clinical work sprang a research interest in systemic sclerosis, a disorder for which little could then be done.
Modifies a noun
- sufferer: As the mother of an Multiple Sclerosis sufferer she shares with us her close interest in research into the disease and in new treatments.
- complex: All seizure types, except typical absence seizures, can be observed in children with tuberous sclerosis complex.
- patient: There are 85,000 Multiple Sclerosis patients in the UK.
- therapy: Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centers ( Scotland ) Home Page Location Map of Therapy Centers in Scotland Contact Details Why do the Centers exist?
- treatment: Also an application for funding a large randomized trial of beta-interferon for multiple sclerosis treatment.
Noun used with modifier
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