Definition of sclerosed in English:
sclerosed
adjective skləˈrəʊstˈsklɪərəʊstsklɪəˈrəʊstˈsklerōst
Medicine (especially of blood vessels) affected by sclerosis.
Example sentencesExamples
- The sclerosed intrahepatic bile duct was removed from the paraffin tissue, deparaffinized, and imbedded in plastic for examination by electron microscopy.
- When performing a venipuncture, do not draw above an IV site, from a vein that is sclerosed, from an area with a hematoma, from an arm with a fistula or shunt, or from the same side where a patient has had a mastectomy.
- A vein that feels hard is often sclerosed and should not be used.