[ sklə'rəʊsɪs , sklɪə- ]
■ noun Medicine
1》 abnormal hardening of body tissue.
2》 (in full multiple ~ ) a chronic, typically progressive disease involving damage to the sheaths of nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord, whose symptoms may include numbness, impairment of speech and muscular coordination, blurred vision, and severe fatigue.
Origin
ME: via med. L. from Gk sklērōsis , from sklēroun 'harden'.