"sclerose" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /skləˈɹəʊs/ Forms: scleroses [present, singular, third-person], sclerosing [participle, present], sclerosed [participle, past], sclerosed [past]
Rhymes: -əʊs Etymology: Back-formation from sclerosed (adj), which was back-formed from sclerosis. Compare also diagnose (verb). Etymology templates: {{back-formation|en|sclerosed#Adjective|pos=adj}} Back-formation from sclerosed (adj) Head templates: {{en-verb}} sclerose (third-person singular simple present scleroses, present participle sclerosing, simple past and past participle sclerosed)
  1. To harden.
    Sense id: en-sclerose-en-verb-AuMx1RTy Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English back-formations: 46 54 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 62 38 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 59 41
  2. (intransitive, pathology) To undergo sclerosis. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-sclerose-en-verb-jkSGLPo4 Categories (other): Pathology, English back-formations, English links with manual fragments Disambiguation of English back-formations: 46 54 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 25 75 Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

Inflected forms

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        "(intransitive, pathology) To undergo sclerosis."
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