sclerotherapy

[ skleer-uh-ther-uh-pee, skler- ]

/ ˌsklɪər əˈθɛr ə pi, ˌsklɛr- /

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noun

Medicine/Medical. a treatment for varicose veins in which blood flow is diverted and the veins collapsed by injection of a hardening solution, also used cosmetically in spider veins to eliminate discoloration.

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Origin of sclerotherapy

First recorded in 1940–45; sclero- + therapy

Words nearby sclerotherapy

sclerophylly, scleroprotein, Scleroscope, sclerosed, sclerosis, sclerotherapy, sclerotic, sclerotin, sclerotitis, sclerotium, sclerotization