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esclerosis — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • sclerosis noun A medical condition in which body tissue, such as an artery, hardens abnormally.

Senses

esclerosis is used for these senses in English:

  • sclerosis (pathology) The abnormal hardening of body tissues, such as an artery; the appearance of hardenings, indurations, lesions, nodules.

sclerosis — full definition

  1. noun A medical condition in which body tissue, such as an artery, hardens abnormally.
  2. noun A resistance to change, especially in an organization or system that has become rigid.