sclerosed
Pathologically become rigid
Sclerosed describes tissue that has become abnormally hard or rigid, typically through scarring or calcium buildup.
The term appears most often in medical contexts: sclerosed arteries, sclerosed veins.
Figuratively, something sclerosed has become inflexible or calcified through disuse: a sclerosed bureaucracy resistant to change.
Hardened by calcium deposits
- ossifiedTurned hard, inflexible
- induratedMade physically or emotionally tough
- petrifiedSolidified or fear-paralyzed
- stiffenedMade or became rigid
rigidified · inflexible · unyielding · fibrotic · thickened · dense · consolidated · solidified
Pathological connective tissue buildup
- scarringPermanent mark formation
- lesionArea of pathological change
- plaqueInscribed memorial tablet
- stenosisAbnormal bodily narrowing
occlusion · calcification · induration · cirrhosis · necrosis · ischemia · infarction · thrombosis
Progressive loss of function
- atrophyWasting from disuse
- decayGradual organic breakdown
- declineDecrease or refuse
- wastingUsing poorly, inefficiently
impairment · breakdown · debilitation · enfeeblement · regression · progressive · chronic · irreversible
Unable to bend
- inflexibleUnable to bend
- hideboundRigidly adhering to tradition
- ossifiedTurned hard, inflexible
- entrenchedFirmly established, resistant to change
calcified · fossilized · stagnant · unchanging · dogmatic · stubborn · intractable · unyielding
calcified
Hardened by calcium deposits
- ossifiedTurned hard, inflexible
- induratedMade physically or emotionally tough
- petrifiedSolidified or fear-paralyzed
stiffened · rigidified · inflexible · unyielding · fibrotic · thickened · dense · consolidated · solidified · crystallized
fibrosis
Pathological connective tissue buildup
stenosis · occlusion · calcification · induration · cirrhosis · necrosis · ischemia · infarction · thrombosis · embolism
degeneration
Progressive loss of function
wasting · impairment · breakdown · debilitation · enfeeblement · regression · progressive · chronic · irreversible · degenerative
rigid
Unable to bend
- inflexibleUnable to bend
- hideboundRigidly adhering to tradition
- ossifiedTurned hard, inflexible
entrenched · calcified · fossilized · stagnant · unchanging · dogmatic · stubborn · intractable · unyielding · resistant
sclerosedhealthy
In good physical condition
functioning · viable · patent · unobstructed · perfused
- multiple sclerosisAutoimmune demyelinating neurological disease
- tuberous sclerosisGenetic disorder causing noncancerous growths
sclerosis, atherosclerosis, arteriosclerosis, scleroses, multiple sclerosis