sclerotherapy

English

Etymology

From sclero- +‎ therapy.

Noun

sclerotherapy (plural sclerotherapies)

1. (surgery) A treatment for varicose veins, hemorrhoids, and ulcers involving an injection of material into a blood vessel in order to make it harden and shrink.

Related terms

• sclerosant
• sclerosis

 

See also

• ablation
• obliteration