sclerosis

(skle-ro's is) [G. sklerosis, hardne .] Induration or hardening of chronic inflammatory origin; especially induration of nervous^ and other structures by a hyperplasia of the interstitial fibrous connective ti ue, amyotroph'ic lat'eral s., a form of progre ive muscular atrophy with increased reflexes and spastic irritability of the muscles, arte'rial s., arteriosclerosis. arteriocap'illary s,, arteriosclerosis, especially of the finer ve els, bone s., eburnation. combined s., a form of sclerosis of the spinal cord involving both posterior and lateral columns, di em'inated s., multiple s. focal s., multiple H. iu's ular s., multiple s. lat'eral spi'nal s., spastic spinal paralysis, lobar s., s. of the brain involving the greater part or all of a lobe, mul'- tiple s., the occurrence of patches of sclerosis in the brain and spinal cord, causing more or le paralysis, tremor, nystagmus, disturbances of speech, and apoplectiform attacks, the various symptoms depending upon the seat of the lesions; it occurs chiefly in early adult life. poste'rioT s., tabes dorsal is. poste'rior spi'nal s., tabes dorsal is. s. ventric'uli, sclerotic gastritis unicel'lular s., a growth of fibrous ti ue between and isolating the individual cells of a part, vas'- cular s., arteriosclerosis.