SclerosisWordNet Explorer
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noun
any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue
Words in this synset: induration
noun
any deviation from a healthy or normal condition
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a chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers
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thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord; results in progressive muscle atrophy that starts in the limbs
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sclerosis of the arterioles
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sclerosis of the arterial walls
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abnormal hardening or eburnation of bone