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noun, plural -ses 
[-seez] .
[-seez] . 1.
Pathology. a hardening or induration of a tissue or part, or an increase of connective tissue or the like at the expense of more active tissue.
2.
Botany. a hardening of a tissue or cell wall by thickening or lignification.
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Word Origin & History
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 base *skele- "to parch, wither."
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Medical Dictionary
sclerosis scle·ro·sis (sklə-rō'sĭs)
n. pl. scle·ro·ses (-sēz)
The hardening of a tissue or part due to chronic inflammation.
A thickening or hardening of a body part or system especially from excessive formation of fibrous interstitial or glial tissue.
Any of various diseases characterized by thickening or hardening, such as arteriosclerosis.
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