scleroses
Becomes abnormally rigid
Scleroses is the plural of sclerosis, a medical term for abnormal hardening of body tissue.
Multiple sclerosis affects the nervous system; atherosclerosis hardens arteries.
The word appears most often in clinical contexts: The patient showed scleroses in several vertebrae.
Figuratively, sclerosis can describe institutional rigidity, though this use is uncommon.
Becoming less soft
- calcificationMineral hardening of tissue
- indurationAbnormal tissue firmness
- fibrosisPathological connective tissue buildup
- stiffeningBecoming less pliable
thickening · stenosis · narrowing · occlusion · degeneration · scarring · vascular · cardiac
Nerve sheath degradation
- neurodegenerationProgressive loss of neurons
- autoimmuneBody attacks itself
- lesionsAreas of damaged tissue
- spinal cordBrain's extension through vertebrae
relapsing-remitting · diagnosis · MRI · white matter · plaques · disability · neurologist
Favoring reform and innovation
- degenerativeCausing progressive decline
- relapsingReturning to worse state
- remissionTemporary disease absence
- disablingCausing loss of function
debilitating · incurable · lifelong · exacerbation · flare-up · symptomatic · treatment · interferons
hardening
Becoming less soft
- calcificationMineral hardening of tissue
- indurationAbnormal tissue firmness
- fibrosisPathological connective tissue buildup
stiffening · thickening · stenosis · narrowing · occlusion · degeneration · scarring · vascular · cardiac · renal
demyelination
Nerve sheath degradation
- neurodegenerationProgressive loss of neurons
- autoimmuneBody attacks itself
- lesionsAreas of damaged tissue
spinal cord · relapsing-remitting · diagnosis · MRI · white matter · plaques · disability · neurologist
progressive
Favoring reform and innovation
- degenerativeCausing progressive decline
- relapsingReturning to worse state
- remissionTemporary disease absence
disabling · debilitating · incurable · lifelong · exacerbation · flare-up · symptomatic · treatment · interferons · corticosteroids
- multiple sclerosisAutoimmune demyelinating neurological disease
- tuberous sclerosisGenetic disorder causing noncancerous growths
sclerosis, atherosclerosis, arteriosclerosis, sclerosed, multiple sclerosis