sclerosis

From Ancient Greek σκλήρωσις (sklḗrōsis, “an induration”), from *σκληροῦν (sklēroûn, “to harden, indurate”), from σκληρός (sklērós, “hard”)

• IPA^(key): /sklɪˈɹəʊsɪs/
• Rhymes: -əʊsɪs

sclerosis (countable and uncountable, plural scleroses)

1. (pathology) The abnormal hardening of body tissues, such as an artery.
2. Inability to create change.

• sclera

• sclerosis in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• sclerosis in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.