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sclerosed

/skləˈɹəʊst/

sclerosed adjective: hardened by sclerosis.

Adjective

sclerosed (comparative more sclerosed, superlative most sclerosed)

  1. Hardened by sclerosis.
  2. (figuratively) Hardened; fixed; inflexible; tough.
    • "They are all good men." "Of course they are. It's quite physiological. They are a body of elderly men, and the elderly brain is sclerosed and cannot record new impressions."1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019
  3. lignified

Forms of sclerosed

comparativemore sclerosed
superlativemost sclerosed

Origin of sclerosed

Back-formation from sclerosis. The verb sclerose was derived from sclerosed (adj). Compare also diagnose (verb).

Words that rhyme with sclerosed

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Questions about sclerosed

What does sclerosed mean?
Sclerosed means hardened by sclerosis.
What part of speech is sclerosed?
Sclerosed is an adjective.
How do you pronounce sclerosed?
Sclerosed is pronounced /skləˈɹəʊst/.

Words near sclerosed in the dictionary

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

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