cerebro-spinal sclerosis

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cerebro-spinal sclerosis - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sclerosis \Scle*ro"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. (??, fr. sklhro`s
     hard.]
     1. (Med.) Induration; hardening; especially, that form of
        induration produced in an organ by increase of its
        interstitial connective tissue.
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     2. (Bot.) Hardening of the cell wall by lignification.
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     Cerebro-spinal sclerosis (Med.), an affection in which
        patches of hardening, produced by increase of the
        neuroglia and atrophy of the true nerve tissue, are found
        scattered throughout the brain and spinal cord. It is
        associated with complete or partial paralysis, a peculiar
        jerking tremor of the muscles, headache, and vertigo, and
        is usually fatal. Formerly referred to as multiple  sclerosis
        , disseminated sclerosis, or insular  sclerosis
        , but now usually called only multiple  sclerosis
        , or MS.
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