SCLEROSIS

Sclerosis

In medicine, sclerosis refers to the stiffening of a structure, usually caused by a replacement of the normal organ-specific tissue with connective tissue.

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sclerosis

Noun

  1. The abnormal hardening of body tissues, such as an artery.


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