"gelosis" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: geloses [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from German Gelose, coined by German physician Heinrich Karl Wilhelm Schade in 1921. By surface analysis, gel + -osis. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|de|Gelose}} Borrowed from German Gelose, {{glossary|coinage|coined}} coined, {{surf|en|gel|-osis}} By surface analysis, gel + -osis Head templates: {{en-noun|~|geloses}} gelosis (countable and uncountable, plural geloses)
  1. (medicine, obsolete) A localized hardening or stiffness of tissue after exposure to severe cold, supposedly caused by a colloidal change resulting in gel formation and increased viscosity in the protoplasm of cells. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-gelosis-en-noun-yiTWrMfD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -osis, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -osis: 72 28 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 86 14 Topics: medicine, sciences
  2. (medicine, now rare) A hardening or stiffness of tissue, especially in a muscle. Tags: archaic, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-gelosis-en-noun-etMLEqWW Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: myogelosis

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