sclerosed
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Back-formation from sclerosis. The verb sclerose was derived from sclerosed (adj). Compare also diagnose (verb).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]sclerosed (comparative more sclerosed, superlative most sclerosed)
- Hardened by sclerosis.
- (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."
- (botany) lignified