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🦴 To harden 🧱 To become rigid
to sclerose

to sclerose

1 9.9
To become hard and stiff in tissue or an organ because of disease
  • verb
  • /skləˈroʊz/
  • Specialized
translation icon : esclerotizar
  • The tissue surrounding the injury had unfortunately sclerosed, making it difficult for healing to occur.

Examples

  • Long-term exposure to toxins has been known to result in sclerosed liver tissue in some patients.

  • The superficial veins become sclerosed either from infections or from the caustic effect of the material being injected.

    Academic text (1996)

  • Finally, the cyst was sclerosed with 95% ethanol.

    Academic text (2007)

  • The doctor explained that the arteries can become sclerosed due to plaque buildup over time.

Synonyms

to sclerotize
vsto sclerose
  • Specialized
9.9

To make a soft body part hard and strong, like an insect shell

hardens tissue mainly from disease or abnormal internal changes

Antonyms

to soften
55 1.3

Become soft or make something soft

How Hard

to ossify
  • Specialized
1 9.3
to sclerose
  • Specialized
1 9.9
to harden
27 2.6
to stiffen
25 3.7

Surface Forms

sclerose infinitive
sclerosed past
sclerosed past participle
sclerosing present participle
scleros(es) third person singular

Morphology

sclerose = scler (opaque) = scler + ose

The base 'scler' is not a standalone English word, and '-ose' is not a productive verb-forming suffix in English, making the formation opaque.

Etymology

Sclerose comes from the Greek root skleros, which means 'hard'. A helpful memory is 'multiple sclerosis', a familiar medical name where parts become hard, so to sclerose in medicine is to become or make tissue 'hard' or stiff.