noun. undefined

noun. A thickening or hardening of a body part, as of an artery, especially from excessive formation of fibrous interstitial tissue.

noun. A disease characterized by this thickening or hardening.

noun. The hardening of cells by the formation of a secondary wall and the deposition of lignin.

noun. A hardening or induration; specifically, the increase of the sustentacular tissue (neuroglia, or connective tissue) of a part at the expense of the more active tissue.

noun. In botany, the induration of a tissue or cell-wall either by thickening of the membranes or by their lignification (that is, by the formation of lignin in them).

noun. Induration; hardening; especially, that form of induration produced in an organ by increase of its interstitial connective tissue.

noun. Hardening of the cell wall by lignification.

noun. an affection in which patches of hardening, produced by increase of the neuroglia and atrophy of the true nerve tissue, are found scattered throughout the brain and spinal cord. It is associated with complete or partial paralysis, a peculiar jerking tremor of the muscles, headache, and vertigo, and is usually fatal. Formerly referred to as multiple sclerosis, disseminated sclerosis, or insular sclerosis, but now usually called only multiple sclerosis, or MS.

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

noun. any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue

"The company just received U.S. approval in late May for a new drug for Pompe disease, and its experimental biologic drug for multiple sclerosis is getting expedited review by the Food and Drug Administration."

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis  annular sclerosis  lateral sclerosis of the spinal cord  multiple sclerosis  posterior sclerosis  

sclera  

arteriosclerosis  atherosclerosis  multiple sclerosis  osteosclerosis  sclerotic  

acidosis  apotheosis  arteriosclerosis  asbestosis  cirrhosis  

anemia  apnea  arthritis  asthma  atherosclerosis  

abscess  ague  anemia  angina  angina pectoris  

scleroses