sclerosis

名词 n.
/skləˈɹəʊ.sɪs/    /skləˈɹoʊ.sɪs/|/skləˈɹəʉ.sɪs/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The abnormal hardening of body tissues, such as an artery; the appearance of hardenings, indurations, lesions, nodules. countable,uncountable
    — The “Euphoria” and “Grey’s Anatomy” actor announced on Thursday that he has been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease.
  2. Inability to create change or excessive resistance to change. countable,uncountable
    — Suppressing dissent dooms the society to sclerosis, decline and collapse.

词形变化

scleroses plural

词源

From Ancient Greek σκλήρωσις (sklḗrōsis, “hardening”), from σκληρόω (sklēróō, “to harden”), from σκληρός (sklērós, “hard”); by surface analysis, sclero- + -osis.
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