sclerosed
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of sclerosed
First recorded in 1875–80; scleros(is) + -ed 2
Example Sentences
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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
This formation of new bone is much in excess of the normal, the bones become large and bulky, their surfaces rough and uneven, their texture sclerosed in parts, and the medullary canal is frequently obliterated.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
When the peripheral arteries are palpable they are not always sclerosed.
From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Louis Marshall Warfield
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
When hyperostosis and sclerosis of the bone is attended with severe pain which does not yield to blistering, the periosteum may be incised and the sclerosed bone perforated with a drill or trephine.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
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