Synonyms of the word

sclerosis

• n. (pathology) The abnormal hardening of body tissues, such as an artery.

induration

• n. Hardness.
• n. Process of becoming hard.
• n. (medicine) Hardening of an area of the body as a reaction to inflammation, hyperemia, or neoplastic infiltration.
• n. (medicine) An area or part of the body that has undergone such a reaction. Most often this term is used…

pathology

• n. (medicine) The branch of medicine concerned with the study of the nature of disease and its causes, processes,…
• n. The medical specialty that provides microscopy and other laboratory services (e.g., cytology, histology)…
• n. Pathosis: any deviation from a healthy or normal structure or function; abnormality; illness or malformation.