Definition of "sclerosed" []

• Affected by sclerosis; hardened. (adjective)
• Botany Lignified. (adjective)

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• "One of the greatest gifts life has given me so far is to discover, that in the middle of my life, when our veins and views usually become sclerosed and we turn inward and become closed, I was and continue to be able to discover a nearly totally new art form, to plunge into with pleasure, to remain porous to new influences and feel transformed by them, as I have been by Jay-Z, forever."
• "For someone to have sclerosed veins, track marks, is a chronic use of that vein, so that it becomes inflamed and then, eventually, that turns into a scar."
• "A sclerosed and thickened portion of the median nerve 3-1/2 inches in length was resected, also 1 inch of sclerosed ulnar nerve, and both were sutured."