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sclerosis
noun(scle-ro-sis)
pathological hardening of tissue especially from overgrowth of fibrous tissue or increase in interstitial tissue; also : a disease characterized by sclerosis
sclerosis
noun(scle-ro-sis)
an inability or reluctance to adapt or compromise
sclerosis
noun(scle-ro-sis)
a rare progressive degenerative fatal disease affecting the motor neurons, usually beginning in middle age, and characterized especially by increasing and spreading muscular weakness and atrophy —abbreviation ALS—called also Lou Gehrig's disease
sclerosis
noun(scle-ro-sis)
a demyelinating disease marked by patches of hardened tissue in the brain or the spinal cord and associated especially with partial or complete paralysis and jerking muscle tremor

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