Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Rendered abnormally hard; affected with sclerosis. Also
sclerotized .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Affected with sclerosis.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
hardened bysclerosis - adjective botany lignified
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective relating to or having sclerosis; hardened
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Examples
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One of the greatest gifts life has given me so far is to discover, that in the middle of my life, when our veins and views usually become sclerosed and we turn inward and become closed, I was and continue to be able to discover a nearly totally new art form, to plunge into with pleasure, to remain porous to new influences and feel transformed by them, as I have been by Jay-Z, forever.
The New York Public Library: Making the Lions Rap: The Transformative Power of Jay-Z The New York Public Library 2010
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One of the greatest gifts life has given me so far is to discover, that in the middle of my life, when our veins and views usually become sclerosed and we turn inward and become closed, I was and continue to be able to discover a nearly totally new art form, to plunge into with pleasure, to remain porous to new influences and feel transformed by them, as I have been by Jay-Z, forever.
The New York Public Library: Making the Lions Rap: The Transformative Power of Jay-Z The New York Public Library 2010
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For someone to have sclerosed veins, track marks, is a chronic use of that vein, so that it becomes inflamed and then, eventually, that turns into a scar.
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A sclerosed and thickened portion of the median nerve 3-1/2 inches in length was resected, also 1 inch of sclerosed ulnar nerve, and both were sutured.
Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre George Henry Makins
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They are are a body of elderly men, and the elderly brain is sclerosed and cannot record new impressions.
The Land of Mist Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1926
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They are are a body of elderly men, and the elderly brain is sclerosed and cannot record new impressions.
The Land of Mist Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1926
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In the right index finger a completely sclerosed ring passed around the middle phalanx.
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At the time of report the whole ten fingers were involved; the bones seemed to be thickened, the soft parts being indurated or sclerosed.
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In the right index finger a completely sclerosed ring passed around the middle phalanx.
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At the time of report the whole ten fingers were involved; the bones seemed to be thickened, the soft parts being indurated or sclerosed.
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