- sclerosis
[sclerosis 词源字典]
- sclerosis: see skeleton
[sclerosis etymology, sclerosis origin, 英语词源] - sclerosis (n.)
- "morbid hardening of the tissue," late 14c., from Medieval Latin sclirosis "a hardness, hard tumor," from Greek sklerosis "hardening," from skleros "hard" (see sclero-). Figurative use by 1954.