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sclerotherapy

sclerotherapy noun: a treatment for varicose veins, hemorrhoids, and ulcers involving an injection of material into a blood vessel to make it harden and shrink.

Noun

sclerotherapy (countable and uncountable, plural sclerotherapies)

  1. A treatment for varicose veins, hemorrhoids, and ulcers involving an injection of material into a blood vessel to make it harden and shrink.

Forms of sclerotherapy

pluralsclerotherapies

Origin of sclerotherapy

From sclero- + therapy.

Questions about sclerotherapy

What does sclerotherapy mean?
Sclerotherapy means a treatment for varicose veins, hemorrhoids, and ulcers involving an injection of material into a blood vessel to make it harden and shrink.
What part of speech is sclerotherapy?
Sclerotherapy is a noun.
What is the plural of sclerotherapy?
The plural of sclerotherapy is sclerotherapies.

Words near sclerotherapy in the dictionary

  1. sclerotes
  2. sclerotherapeutic
  3. sclerotherapies
  4. sclerotherapist
  5. sclerotherapists
  6. sclerotherapy
  7. sclerotia
  8. sclerotial
  9. sclerotic
  10. sclerotic coat
  11. sclerotic coats

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