sclirosis
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sclondre — sclirosis, sclondre obs. ff. sclerosis, slander … Useful english dictionary
sclerosis — noun Etymology: Middle English sclirosis tumor, from Medieval Latin, from Greek sklērōsis hardening, from sklēroun to harden, from sklēros Date: 1846 1. pathological hardening of tissue especially from overgrowth of fibrous tissue or increase in… … New Collegiate Dictionary
sclerosis — morbid hardening of the tissue, late 14c., from M.L. sclirosis a hardness, hard tumor, from Gk. sklerosis hardening, from skleros hard, related to skellein to dry up, parch, from PIE *skle ro , from root *skele to parch, wither … Etymology dictionary
sclerosis — [skli rō′sis] n. pl. scleroses [skli rō′sēz΄] [ME sclirosis < ML < Gr sklērōsis, a hardening < sklēros, hard: see SCLERA] 1. Bot. a hardening of the cell wall of a plant, usually by an increase of lignin 2. Med. a) an abnormal hardening… … English World dictionary
osteosclerosis — noun abnormal hardening or eburnation of bone • Hypernyms: ↑sclerosis, ↑induration * * * “+ noun Etymology: New Latin, from oste + sclerosis (from Medieval Latin … Useful english dictionary
