Sclerosis
noun
A medical condition where body tissues become hard, often causing damage.
She was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, a disease affecting the nervous system.
Often appears as...
- multiple sclerosis
- amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
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noun
A medical condition where body tissues become hard, often causing damage.
She was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, a disease affecting the nervous system.
Often appears as...
- multiple sclerosis
- amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Condition
Sclerosis refers specifically to conditions in medicine, helping describe certain diseases.
Doctors study sclerosis in various organs.
Pro Tip 2/3Tissue Hardening
Sclerosis involves hardening of tissues, which is crucial to understand its impact on health.
Heart muscle can suffer from sclerosis, leading to cardiac issues.
Pro Tip 3/3Disease Specificity
Not all diseases with tissue damage are called sclerosis; it is used for specific ones.
Sclerosis shouldn't be confused with other tissue problems like inflammation.
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Condition
Sclerosis refers specifically to conditions in medicine, helping describe certain diseases.
Doctors study sclerosis in various organs.
Pro Tip 2/3Tissue Hardening
Sclerosis involves hardening of tissues, which is crucial to understand its impact on health.
Heart muscle can suffer from sclerosis, leading to cardiac issues.
Pro Tip 3/3Disease Specificity
Not all diseases with tissue damage are called sclerosis; it is used for specific ones.
Sclerosis shouldn't be confused with other tissue problems like inflammation.
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Condition
Sclerosis refers specifically to conditions in medicine, helping describe certain diseases.
Doctors study sclerosis in various organs.
Pro Tip 2/3Tissue Hardening
Sclerosis involves hardening of tissues, which is crucial to understand its impact on health.
Heart muscle can suffer from sclerosis, leading to cardiac issues.
Pro Tip 3/3Disease Specificity
Not all diseases with tissue damage are called sclerosis; it is used for specific ones.
Sclerosis shouldn't be confused with other tissue problems like inflammation.
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Why do people have...
and very low blood pressure. It can be deadly. The body can even have an allergic reaction to itself causing auto-immune disorders, like multiple sclerosis, lupus, and type 1 diabetes. But even non-life threatening allergy symptoms can make you miserable, so what can you do about it?
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Bee Therapy PIPE National...
likely say her illness is in remission Cho Rong is convinced the stings have helped her walk again it will take years of study before we'll know whether bee stings can relieve arthritis or multiple sclerosis or even the common cold but whether show wrongs recovery is in
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How does your immune...
and underlie problems like arthritis, Type I diabetes, and multiple sclerosis. For most individuals, however, a healthy immune system will successfully fight off an estimated 300 colds and innumerable other potential infections over the course of a lifetime.
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Siddharthan Chandran:...
So this study was very simple. We took patients with multiple sclerosis and asked a simple Would stem cells from the bone marrow be protective of their nerves? So what we did was we took this bone marrow, grew up the stem cells in the lab,
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Aphasia: The disorder...
About one-third of stroke survivors suffer from aphasia making it more prevalent than Parkinson's disease or multiple sclerosis, yet less widely known. There is one rare form of aphasia called primary progressive aphasia, or PPA,
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A Brain Implant That...
You may know someone who's lost the ability to use their hands, maybe from a stroke or a spinal cord injury or multiple sclerosis, paralysis. It comes in all shapes and sizes, from minor inconvenience to life-threatening.
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Michelle Obama's plea...
and my mother was a stay-at-home mom. And she stayed at home to take care of me and my older brother. Neither of them attended university. My dad was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in the prime of his life.
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Bee Therapy PIPE National...
life are choosing to be stung by bees often dozens of times in one city show wrong Chen's battling multiple sclerosis a disease which slowly causes the body's nerve to deteriorate for six
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Why is it so hard to...
was diagnosed with a rare neuromuscular disorder called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. Gradually, he lost the ability to walk, use his hands, move his face, and even swallow.
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The poetic side of a...
hello I will tell you how poetry helps in scientific career I did my PhD on multiple sclerosis ms very complex disease to tell without cure which
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Why do people have...
and very low blood pressure. It can be deadly. The body can even have an allergic reaction to itself causing auto-immune disorders, like multiple sclerosis, lupus, and type 1 diabetes. But even non-life threatening allergy symptoms can make you miserable, so what can you do about it?
Video examples
Bee Therapy PIPE National...
likely say her illness is in remission Cho Rong is convinced the stings have helped her walk again it will take years of study before we'll know whether bee stings can relieve arthritis or multiple sclerosis or even the common cold but whether show wrongs recovery is in
Video examples
How does your immune...
and underlie problems like arthritis, Type I diabetes, and multiple sclerosis. For most individuals, however, a healthy immune system will successfully fight off an estimated 300 colds and innumerable other potential infections over the course of a lifetime.
Video examples
Siddharthan Chandran:...
So this study was very simple. We took patients with multiple sclerosis and asked a simple Would stem cells from the bone marrow be protective of their nerves? So what we did was we took this bone marrow, grew up the stem cells in the lab,
Video examples
Aphasia: The disorder...
About one-third of stroke survivors suffer from aphasia making it more prevalent than Parkinson's disease or multiple sclerosis, yet less widely known. There is one rare form of aphasia called primary progressive aphasia, or PPA,
Video examples
A Brain Implant That...
You may know someone who's lost the ability to use their hands, maybe from a stroke or a spinal cord injury or multiple sclerosis, paralysis. It comes in all shapes and sizes, from minor inconvenience to life-threatening.
Video examples
Michelle Obama's plea...
and my mother was a stay-at-home mom. And she stayed at home to take care of me and my older brother. Neither of them attended university. My dad was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in the prime of his life.
Video examples
Bee Therapy PIPE National...
life are choosing to be stung by bees often dozens of times in one city show wrong Chen's battling multiple sclerosis a disease which slowly causes the body's nerve to deteriorate for six
Video examples
Why is it so hard to...
was diagnosed with a rare neuromuscular disorder called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. Gradually, he lost the ability to walk, use his hands, move his face, and even swallow.
Video examples
The poetic side of a...
hello I will tell you how poetry helps in scientific career I did my PhD on multiple sclerosis ms very complex disease to tell without cure which
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Steve-O
British Celebrity
I got into being vegan because I was simply looking to benefit from being more compassionate. I have since come to learn that it is an animal-based diet that is responsible for the overwhelming majority of cases of cancer, heart disease, diabetes, obesity, multiple sclerosis, and all kinds of other problems.
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M. J. Hyland
English Author
As is the case for many people with multiple sclerosis, the effects of weakened limbs, spasticity and fatigue had cut my working life in half. Yet not a single GP, neurologist or nurse, and none of the MS websites, had mentioned the use of neuroenhancers for the treatment of neurological fatigue.
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Michael Redhill
Canadian Poet
Sufferers of depression have 'episodes' the same way those who suffer from multiple sclerosis do. It comes, wipes the floor with you, and then somehow returns you to the world. But it comes back.
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Jennifer Holliday
American Actress
I continually still fight every day for my life, not only still battling mental health problems but battling multiple sclerosis, which also has depression as one of its side effects.
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Richard Coles
English Musician
The thought of having sclerosis of the synapses is alarming. I wonder if in later life I will pay the price for having overstimulated my mental apparatus in my twenties.
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Teri Garr
American Actress
I always say don't be scared. It's not that bad - there's always something worse - and there is definitely life after multiple sclerosis.
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Milind Soman
Indian Model
I began running half-marathons and it helped my fundraising for the multiple sclerosis society and others.
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Jacob Weisberg
American Journalist
The cradle-to-grave welfare state diminishes individual initiative and can breed a pervasive sclerosis.
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Frank Iero
American Musician
About six years ago my family was affected by multiple sclerosis.
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Ruth Rendell
British Writer
My mother had multiple sclerosis.
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Steve-O
British Celebrity
I got into being vegan because I was simply looking to benefit from being more compassionate. I have since come to learn that it is an animal-based diet that is responsible for the overwhelming majority of cases of cancer, heart disease, diabetes, obesity, multiple sclerosis, and all kinds of other problems.
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M. J. Hyland
English Author
As is the case for many people with multiple sclerosis, the effects of weakened limbs, spasticity and fatigue had cut my working life in half. Yet not a single GP, neurologist or nurse, and none of the MS websites, had mentioned the use of neuroenhancers for the treatment of neurological fatigue.
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Michael Redhill
Canadian Poet
Sufferers of depression have 'episodes' the same way those who suffer from multiple sclerosis do. It comes, wipes the floor with you, and then somehow returns you to the world. But it comes back.
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Jennifer Holliday
American Actress
I continually still fight every day for my life, not only still battling mental health problems but battling multiple sclerosis, which also has depression as one of its side effects.
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Richard Coles
English Musician
The thought of having sclerosis of the synapses is alarming. I wonder if in later life I will pay the price for having overstimulated my mental apparatus in my twenties.
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Teri Garr
American Actress
I always say don't be scared. It's not that bad - there's always something worse - and there is definitely life after multiple sclerosis.
Quote examples
Milind Soman
Indian Model
I began running half-marathons and it helped my fundraising for the multiple sclerosis society and others.
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Jacob Weisberg
American Journalist
The cradle-to-grave welfare state diminishes individual initiative and can breed a pervasive sclerosis.
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Frank Iero
American Musician
About six years ago my family was affected by multiple sclerosis.
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Ruth Rendell
British Writer
My mother had multiple sclerosis.
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