sclerosis
noun
scle·ro·sis
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Definition of sclerosis
1
: pathological hardening of tissue especially from overgrowth of fibrous tissue or increase in interstitial tissue
also
: a disease characterized by sclerosis
2
: an inability or reluctance to adapt or compromise
political sclerosis
Examples of sclerosis in a Sentence
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Institutional sclerosis hinders attempts to lure the killer out of hiding. — Los Angeles Times, "With Atlanta child murders, ‘Mindhunter’ delves into its thorniest case yet," 16 Aug. 2019 And society slowly succumbs to energy-sapping sclerosis. — George Will, Twin Cities, "George Will: Is the individual obsolete?," 17 July 2019 Shares of drugmaker Mallinckrodt Plc fell 16% Tuesday after news reports that the federal government is intervening in a pair of lawsuits that allege its subsidiary bribed doctors to drive sales of a pricey multiple-sclerosis drug. — Jared S. Hopkins, WSJ, "Government to File Complaint After Mallinckrodt Unit Is Accused of Bribery to Drive Drug Sales," 30 Apr. 2019 First, Iraqis are fed up with successive governments’ corruption, incompetence and sclerosis. — Kenneth M. Pollack, WSJ, "Iraq Gets a Government—and It Was Worth the Wait," 5 Oct. 2018 Roche’s multiple-sclerosis drug, named Ocrevus, has had among the industry’s most rapid launches since it was approved in the U.S. last year. — Joseph Walker, WSJ, "Roche Executive Daniel O’Day Is Named Gilead CEO," 10 Dec. 2018 Lebanon has long been beset by corruption and political sclerosis, and the election results were widely expected. — Louisa Loveluck, Washington Post, "As Lebanon chooses a new parliament, Hezbollah gains power and prime minister’s fortunes fade," 7 May 2018 So there is a kind of sclerosis of the economy at the top and fewer and fewer corporate structures controlling more and more. — Rebecca Traister, Daily Intelligencer, "How Can Democrats Connect ‘Identity Politics’ to Economics?," 1 Feb. 2018 Compounding the problem is the loss of its monopoly on Copaxone, a multiple-sclerosis drug that at one point generated half of Teva’s profits. — Jonathan Ferziger, Bloomberg.com, "Netanyahu Vows to Help Buffer Teva Workers From Turnaround Plan," 17 Dec. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'sclerosis.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for sclerosis
sclerosis
noun
English Language Learners Definition of sclerosis
medical
: a disease in which soft parts inside the body (such as arteries or muscles) become hard
See the full definition for sclerosis in the English Language Learners Dictionary
sclerosis
noun
scle·ro·sis
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plural scleroses\ -ˌsēz
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Medical Definition of sclerosis
1
: a pathological condition in which a tissue has become hard and which is produced by overgrowth of fibrous tissue and other changes (as in arteriosclerosis) or by increase in interstitial tissue and other changes (as in multiple sclerosis)
— called also hardening
2
: any of various diseases characterized by sclerosis
—usually used in combination
— see arteriosclerosis, multiple sclerosis, myelosclerosis
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