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scleroses

scleroses is the plural of sclerosis.

Meaning of sclerosis

Noun

sclerosis (countable and uncountable, plural scleroses)

  1. The abnormal hardening of body tissues, such as an artery; the appearance of hardenings, indurations, lesions, nodules.
    • The “Euphoria” and “Grey’s Anatomy” actor announced on Thursday that he has been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease.2025 April 10, Dan Heching, “Eric Dane shares that he has been diagnosed with ALS”, in CNN
  2. Inability to create change or excessive resistance to change.
    • Suppressing dissent dooms the society to sclerosis, decline and collapse.2019 December 6, Charles Hugh Smith, Suppressing Dissent Guarantees Disorder and Collapse

Phrases with scleroses

Questions about scleroses

What is scleroses the plural of?
Scleroses is the plural of sclerosis.

Words near scleroses in the dictionary

  1. scleroscopes
  2. sclerose
  3. sclerosed
  4. sclerosepta
  5. scleroseptum
  6. scleroses
  7. sclerosing
  8. sclerosis
  9. scleroskeleton
  10. scleroskeletons
  11. sclerosomatid

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