sclerosed
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of sclerosed
First recorded in 1875–80; scleros(is) + -ed 2
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For the vital points in all of these veins must be closed, to reduce the likelihood that any of the sclerosed channels may later reopen.
From Time Magazine Archive
The small, contracted, wiry artery of a chronic nephritic may feel like a pipe stem, but if properly felt the mistake will not be made of considering such an artery an unusually sclerosed one.
From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Louis Marshall Warfield
Haematosalpinx is a term applied to the non-gravid tube distended with blood; later the tubes may become sclerosed.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various
To infer the stage of the disease from the feeling of the sclerosed artery, may lead to serious mistakes.
From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Louis Marshall Warfield
The whole tonsil is enlarged, the mucous membrane thickened, and the connective tissue more or less sclerosed.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
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