| sclerosant | An injectable irritant used to treat varices by producing thrombi in them. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| sclerose | To harden; to undergo sclerosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sclerosing adenosis | A nodular, benign breast lesion occurring most frequently in relatively young women and consisting of hyperplastic distorted lobules of acinar tissue with increased collagenous stroma; the changes may be difficult to distinguish microscopically from carcinoma. Also, a benign nodular microscopic lesion of the prostate consisting of acimar tissue with increased stroma; the basal cell layer shows characteristic smooth muscle metaplasia. Synonym: adenofibrosis, fibrosing adenomatosis, fibrosing adenosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sclerosing agent | A compound which acts by irritation of the veinous intimal epithelium; used in the treatment of varicose veins. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sclerosing haemangioma | <tumour> A benign lung or bronchial lesion, often subpleural, sometimes multiple, which forms hyalinised connective tissue. Synonym: fibrous histiocytoma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sclerosing inflammation | Inflammation leading to extensive formation of fibrous and scar tissue. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sclerosing keratitis | Inflammation of the cornea complicating scleritis; characterised by opacification of the corneal stroma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sclerosing leukoencephalitis | <neurology> Chronic progressive illness seen in children a few years after measles infection and involving demyelination of the cerebral cortex. Virus apparently persists in brain cells: usually considered a slow virus disease. (18 Nov 1997) |
| sclerosing mastoiditis | A chronic mastoiditis in which the trabeculae are greatly thickened, almost or entirely obliterating the cells. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sclerosing of varicose veins | A procedure which involves the injection of a sclerosing agent (causes scarring) into varicose veins in the extremities. Sclerotherapy may also be performed in the oesophagus, using UGI endoscopy, in the treatment of oesophageal varices in patients with cirrhosis of the liver. (27 Sep 1997) |
| sclerosing osteitis | Fusiform thickening or increased density of bones, of unknown cause; it has been considered a form of chronic nonsuppurative osteomyelitis. Synonym: condensing osteitis, Garre's disease. Osteitis tuberculosa multiplex cystica, an osteitis of tuberculous origin, marked by numerous small cavities in the osseous substance. Synonym: Jungling's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sclerosing solutions | Chemical agents injected into veins to cause localised thrombosis and eventual fibrosis and obliteration of the vessels. They are used in the treatment of varicose veins, haemorrhoids, gastric and oesophageal varices, and peptic ulcer haemorrhage. (12 Dec 1998) |
| sclerosing therapy | A procedure which involves the injection of a sclerosing agent (causes scarring) into varicose veins in the extremities. Sclerotherapy may also be performed in the oesophagus, using UGI endoscopy, in the treatment of oesophageal varices in patients with cirrhosis of the liver. (27 Sep 1997) |
| sclerosis | <pathology> A induration or hardening, especially hardening of a part from inflammation and in diseases of the interstitial substance. The term is used chiefly for such a hardening of the nervous system due to hyperplasia of the connective tissue or to designate hardening of the blood vessels. Origin: Gr. Sklerosis = hardness (18 Nov 1997) |
| sclerosis corii | <dermatology> Hardening of skin. (04 Mar 1998) |
| sclerosis |
Induration; hardening; especially, that form of induration produced in an organ by increase of its interstitial connective tissue. [Webster]
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| sclerotome |
The somites split into three segments, the most medial of which is the sclerotome. This mesoderm is fated to become vertebral structures.
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| sclerae |
The outer envelope or covering of the eye.
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| sclerodermatous |
Resembling or marked by scleroderma, a thickening of the skin.
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| scleroderma |
an autoimmune disease of connective tissue, characterized by the formation of scar tissue (fibrosis) in the skin and organs of the body leading to thickness and firmness of involved areas; systemic sclerosis
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