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sclerose

/skləˈɹəʊs/

sclerose verb: to harden.

Verb

sclerose (third-person singular simple present scleroses, present participle sclerosing, simple past and past participle sclerosed)

  1. To harden.
  2. (intransitive) To undergo sclerosis.

Forms of sclerose

third-person singular presentscleroses
present participlesclerosing
past participlesclerosed
pastsclerosed

Origin of sclerose

Back-formation from sclerosed (adjective), which was back-formed from sclerosis. Compare also diagnose (verb).

Words that rhyme with sclerose

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Questions about sclerose

What does sclerose mean?
Sclerose means to harden.
What part of speech is sclerose?
Sclerose is a verb.
How do you pronounce sclerose?
Sclerose is pronounced /skləˈɹəʊs/.
What is the past tense of sclerose?
The past tense of sclerose is sclerosed.

Words near sclerose in the dictionary

  1. sclerosal
  2. sclerosant
  3. sclerosants
  4. scleroscope
  5. scleroscopes
  6. sclerose
  7. sclerosed
  8. sclerosepta
  9. scleroseptum
  10. scleroses
  11. sclerosing

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