sclerosed

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English

Etymology

Back-formation from sclerosis. The verb sclerose was derived from sclerosed (adj). Compare also diagnose (verb).

Pronunciation

Adjective

sclerosed (comparative more sclerosed, superlative most sclerosed)

  1. Hardened by sclerosis.
  2. (figurative) Hardened; fixed; inflexible; tough.
    • 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
      "They are all good men." "Of course they are. It's quite physiological. They are a body of elderly men, and the elderly brain is sclerosed and cannot record new impressions."
  3. (botany) lignified