sclerosisn.

/sklɪəˈrəʊsɪs/

Forms: Also Middle English–1600s sclirosis.

Etymology: medieval Latin (written sclirosis in Alphita, 15th cent.), < Greek σκλήρωσις , < σκληροῦν to harden, < σκληρός hard: see -osis suffix.

1. Pathology.

†a. A hard external tumour. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > growth or excrescence > [noun] > tumour > hard tumour

sclerosis1398

scirrhus1565

scirrhe?a1591

scirrhoma1601

nodea1610

scleriasis1684

sclerocele1811

scleroma1857

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) vii. lix. 274 Of melancolia comyth a postume, and yf the matere is all wythout the postume highte Sclirosis.

c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 222 Ofte þer comeþ þerof sclirosis or a festre.

b. A morbid hardening of any tissue or structure.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > [noun] > alteration of tissue > hardening

scirrhosity1598

sclerosis1846

sclerema1858

1543 B. Traheron tr. J. de Vigo Most Excellent Wks. Chirurg. i. i. f. 7/2 And there is a pannicle compouned in y^e eye called sclirosis.

1543 B. Traheron tr. J. de Vigo Most Excellent Wks. Chirurg. sig. +.v^v/2 Table, Sclerosis.

1846 G. E. Day tr. J. F. Simon Animal Chem. II. 411 Sclerosis. Ragsky has analysed bone in several cases of this affection.

1879 F. J. Bumstead & R. W. Taylor Pathol. & Treatm. Venereal Dis. (rev. ed.) iii. xvi. 593 Sclerosis of the tongue is most frequent about the fifth year of syphilis.

1879 R. N. Khory Digest Med. 111 This inflammation occurs in the liver or the kidneys where it is known as cirrhosis, when in the brain or cord, it is called sclerosis.

1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 642 There was diffuse sclerosis [of the spinal cord].

2. Botany. (See quot. 1887.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > cell or aggregate tissue > [noun] > cell > parts of cell > cell wall and parts > hardening of

sclerosis1884

1884 F. O. Bower & D. H. Scott tr. H. A. de Bary Compar. Anat. Phanerogams & Ferns 28 When..a hardening of the wall thus occurs, this process will for the future be indicated by the term Sclerosis.

1887 H. E. F. Garnsey & I. B. Balfour tr. H. A. de Bary Compar. Morphol. & Biol. Fungi 499 Sclerosis, induration of a tissue or a cell-wall either by thickening of the membranes or by their lignification.

3. figurative. Rigidity, excessive resistance to change.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > dislike of change, reaction > [noun]

reaction1792

statu quo-ism1834

retrogradism1849

reactionism1857

misoneism1886

reactionaryism1907

reactionariness1908

Blimpism1937

blimpery1940

immobilism1949

sclerosis1954

1954 B. North & R. North tr. M. Duverger Polit. Parties i. ii. 89 Such a drying-up of new recruits is the symptom of a serious sclerosis.

1958 Times 11 Aug. 2/5 All the world knows that he was faced with the problem of revitalizing a good tradition that was beginning to suffer from sclerosis.

1966 S. H. Beaver tr. J. Beaujeu-Garnier Geogr. Population x. 228 Research work..has shown the parallelism that exists between the sclerosis of social structures and the high proportion of marriages between first cousins.

1977 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 14 July 35/2 Popovic saw his harassment as a symptom of the ideological sclerosis which is increasing with Tito's age.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	sclerosis
释义	sclerosisn. /sklɪəˈrəʊsɪs/ Forms: Also Middle English–1600s sclirosis. Etymology: medieval Latin (written sclirosis in Alphita, 15th cent.), < Greek σκλήρωσις , < σκληροῦν to harden, < σκληρός hard: see -osis suffix. 1. Pathology. †a. A hard external tumour. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > growth or excrescence > [noun] > tumour > hard tumour sclerosis1398 scirrhus1565 scirrhe?a1591 scirrhoma1601 nodea1610 scleriasis1684 sclerocele1811 scleroma1857 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) vii. lix. 274 Of melancolia comyth a postume, and yf the matere is all wythout the postume highte Sclirosis. c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 222 Ofte þer comeþ þerof sclirosis or a festre. b. A morbid hardening of any tissue or structure. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > [noun] > alteration of tissue > hardening scirrhosity1598 sclerosis1846 sclerema1858 1543 B. Traheron tr. J. de Vigo Most Excellent Wks. Chirurg. i. i. f. 7/2 And there is a pannicle compouned in y^e eye called sclirosis. 1543 B. Traheron tr. J. de Vigo Most Excellent Wks. Chirurg. sig. +.v^v/2 Table, Sclerosis. 1846 G. E. Day tr. J. F. Simon Animal Chem. II. 411 Sclerosis. Ragsky has analysed bone in several cases of this affection. 1879 F. J. Bumstead & R. W. Taylor Pathol. & Treatm. Venereal Dis. (rev. ed.) iii. xvi. 593 Sclerosis of the tongue is most frequent about the fifth year of syphilis. 1879 R. N. Khory Digest Med. 111 This inflammation occurs in the liver or the kidneys where it is known as cirrhosis, when in the brain or cord, it is called sclerosis. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 642 There was diffuse sclerosis [of the spinal cord]. 2. Botany. (See quot. 1887.) ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > cell or aggregate tissue > [noun] > cell > parts of cell > cell wall and parts > hardening of sclerosis1884 1884 F. O. Bower & D. H. Scott tr. H. A. de Bary Compar. Anat. Phanerogams & Ferns 28 When..a hardening of the wall thus occurs, this process will for the future be indicated by the term Sclerosis. 1887 H. E. F. Garnsey & I. B. Balfour tr. H. A. de Bary Compar. Morphol. & Biol. Fungi 499 Sclerosis, induration of a tissue or a cell-wall either by thickening of the membranes or by their lignification. 3. figurative. Rigidity, excessive resistance to change. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > dislike of change, reaction > [noun] reaction1792 statu quo-ism1834 retrogradism1849 reactionism1857 misoneism1886 reactionaryism1907 reactionariness1908 Blimpism1937 blimpery1940 immobilism1949 sclerosis1954 1954 B. North & R. North tr. M. Duverger Polit. Parties i. ii. 89 Such a drying-up of new recruits is the symptom of a serious sclerosis. 1958 Times 11 Aug. 2/5 All the world knows that he was faced with the problem of revitalizing a good tradition that was beginning to suffer from sclerosis. 1966 S. H. Beaver tr. J. Beaujeu-Garnier Geogr. Population x. 228 Research work..has shown the parallelism that exists between the sclerosis of social structures and the high proportion of marriages between first cousins. 1977 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 14 July 35/2 Popovic saw his harassment as a symptom of the ideological sclerosis which is increasing with Tito's age. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1398
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