sclerosis
/skləˈroʊsɪs/
noun
- A medical condition in which body tissue becomes abnormally hard, often due to disease.
- The patient's sclerosis has progressed slowly over the past decade.
- Multiple sclerosis is a disease that affects the brain and spinal cord.
- Atherosclerosis is the hardening of arteries caused by plaque buildup.
- A figurative hardening or loss of flexibility in a system, organization, or way of thinking.
- Political sclerosis has made it difficult to pass new laws.
- The company suffered from bureaucratic sclerosis that prevented innovation.
- Without fresh ideas, the organization fell into intellectual sclerosis.
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