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Back-formation from sclerosis. The verb sclerose was derived from sclerosed (adj). Compare also diagnose (verb).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
sclerosed
Today it means: Hardened by sclerosis. Full definition →
Today it means: Hardened by sclerosis. Full definition →
Back-formation from sclerosis. The verb sclerose was derived from sclerosed (adj). Compare also diagnose (verb).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.