n.
Pronunciation: skl ə - ' r ō -s ə s
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English sclirosis tumor, from Medieval Latin, from Greek skl ē r ō sis hardening, from skl ē roun to harden, from skl ē ros
Date: 1846
1 : pathological hardening of tissue especially from overgrowth of fibrous tissue or increase in interstitial tissue also : a disease characterized by sclerosis
2 : an inability or reluctance to adapt or compromise <political sclerosis >