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sclerosis

/skləˈɹoʊ.sɪs/noun3 syllables

Sclerosis means: any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue.

Synonyms for sclerosis3

noun, as in any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue

induration

also used for sclerosis

hardening, fibrosis

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What does sclerosis mean?1

noun

1

any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with sclerosis?5

three syllables

prognosishypnosispsychosisfibrosis

four syllables

diagnosis
Show 40 near rhymes
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Sclerosis in a sentence

  • Dr. Hawking was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis while at Oxford.Hybrid
  • The goal of the Ice Bucket Challenge was to raise awareness of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS.Hybrid

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Forms of sclerosis

as a noun

plural
scleroses