Sclerosis
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Sclerosis or sclerotization is a hardening of tissue
In medicine
- multiple sclerosis, a central nervous system disease which affects coordination
- hippocampal sclerosis, a brain damage often seen in individuals with temporal lobe epilepsy
- systemic sclerosis (progressive systemic scleroderma), a rare, chronic disease which affects the skin, and in some cases also blood vessels and internal organs
- amyotrophic lateral sclerosis sometimes known as Lou Gehrig's disease, a progressive, incurable, usually fatal disease of motor neurons. Scientist Stephen Hawking suffers from this disease.
- atherosclerosis, a disease of arteries
- otosclerosis, a disease of the ears
- osteosclerosis, a condition where the bone density is significantly increased
- tuberous sclerosis, a rare genetic disease which affects multiple systems
In botany
- a process which hardens plant tissue by adding fibers and sclereids, resulting in sclerenchyma.
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