Sclerosis

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sclerosis \Scle*ro"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. (??, fr. sklhro`s
     hard.]
     1. (Med.) Induration; hardening; especially, that form of
        induration produced in an organ by increase of its
        interstitial connective tissue.
        [1913 Webster]


  
     2. (Bot.) Hardening of the cell wall by lignification.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     {Cerebro-spinal sclerosis} (Med.), an affection in which
        patches of hardening, produced by increase of the
        neuroglia and atrophy of the true nerve tissue, are found
        scattered throughout the brain and spinal cord. It is
        associated with complete or partial paralysis, a peculiar
        jerking tremor of the muscles, headache, and vertigo, and
        is usually fatal. Formerly referred to as {multiple
        sclerosis}, {disseminated sclerosis}, or {insular
        sclerosis}, but now usually called only {multiple
        sclerosis}, or {MS}.
        [1913 Webster +PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sclerosis
       n : any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue [syn: {induration}]
       [also: {scleroses} (pl)]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  165 Moby Thesaurus words for "sclerosis":
     abscess, ague, anemia, angina, angina pectoris, ankylosis, anoxia,
     aortic insufficiency, aortic stenosis, apnea, apoplectic stroke,
     apoplexy, arrhythmia, arteriosclerosis, asphyxiation, asthma,
     ataxia, atherosclerosis, atrial fibrillation, atrophy,
     auricular fibrillation, backache, beriberi heart, bleeding,
     blennorhea, cachexia, cachexy, calcification, callusing,
     cardiac arrest, cardiac insufficiency, cardiac shock,
     cardiac stenosis, cardiac thrombosis, carditis, case hardening,
     chill, chills, colic, concretion, congenital heart disease,
     constipation, convulsion, cor biloculare, cor juvenum,
     cor triatriatum, cornification, coronary, coronary insufficiency,
     coronary thrombosis, coughing, crystallization, cyanosis, diarrhea,
     diastolic hypertension, dizziness, dropsy, dysentery, dyspepsia,
     dyspnea, edema, emaciation, encased heart, endocarditis,
     extrasystole, fainting, fatigue, fatty heart, fever, fibrillation,
     fibroid heart, firming, flask-shaped heart, flux, fossilization,
     frosted heart, granulation, growth, hairy heart, hardening,
     heart attack, heart block, heart condition, heart disease,
     heart failure, hemorrhage, high blood pressure, hornification,
     hydrops, hypertension, hypertensive heart disease, hypotension,
     icterus, indigestion, induration, inflammation, insomnia,
     ischemic heart disease, itching, jaundice, labored breathing,
     lapidification, lithification, low blood pressure, lumbago,
     marasmus, mitral insufficiency, mitral stenosis,
     myocardial infarction, myocardial insufficiency, myocarditis,
     myovascular insufficiency, nasal discharge, nausea, necrosis,
     ossification, ox heart, pain, palpitation, paralysis,
     paralytic stroke, paroxysmal tachycardia, pericarditis,
     petrifaction, petrification, pile, premature beat, pruritus,
     pseudoaortic insufficiency, pulmonary insufficiency,
     pulmonary stenosis, rash, rheum, rheumatic heart disease,
     round heart, seizure, setting, shock, skin eruption, sneezing,
     solidification, sore, spasm, steeling, stiffening, stony heart,
     stroke, tabes, tachycardia, tempering, thrombosis, toughening,
     tricuspid insufficiency, tricuspid stenosis, tumor, turtle heart,
     upset stomach, varicose veins, varix, ventricular fibrillation,
     vertigo, vitrifaction, vitrification, vomiting, wasting