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Noun Concept
Categories: Medical terminology
EN
sclerosis  induration  antisclerotic  sclerosus
EN
Any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue WordNet 3.0
English:
medicine
Definitions
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EN
Any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Sclerosis is the stiffening of a tissue or anatomical feature, usually caused by a replacement of the normal organ-specific tissue with connective tissue. Wikipedia
A hardening of tissue Wikipedia Disambiguation
medical condition Wikidata
Hardening of an area of the body as a reaction to inflammation, hyperemia, or neoplastic infiltration. Wiktionary
The abnormal hardening of body tissues, such as an artery. Wiktionary
Abnormal hardening of body tissues. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
pathology
health problem
HAS KIND
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
arteriosclerosis
arteriolosclerosis
multiple sclerosis
osteosclerosis
DERIVATION
harden
harden
sclerotic
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
DIFFERENT FROM
multiple sclerosis
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
EN
sclerosis, induration
Wikipedia
EN
sclerosis (medicine)
Wikidata
EN
sclerosis
Wiktionary
EN
induration, sclerosis
Wikipedia Redirections
EN
antisclerotic
Wikidata Alias
EN
sclerosus

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