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Sclerosed

//skləˈɹəʊst// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Hardened by sclerosis.
  2. 2
    Hardened; fixed; inflexible; tough. figuratively

    ""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. 3
    lignified
Adjective
  1. 1
    relating to or having sclerosis; hardened wordnet

Etymology

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

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