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  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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Bot.) Hardening of the cell wall by lignification.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster +PJC]

  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.
  
     2. (Bot.) Hardening of the cell wall by lignification.
  
     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. Called also multiple, disseminated, or
        insular, sclerosis.

  cerebrospinal sclerosis /səɹˌiːbɹəspˈaɪnəl skləɹˈəʊsɪs/
  multiple SkleroseMS,  /ˌɛmˈɛs/
     Synonyms: multiple sclerosis, polysclerosis, multilocular sclerosis, disseminated sclerosis, diffuse sclerosis, insular sclerosis
  
   see: sclerosis, hardening, arteriosclerosis, arteriosclerotic vascular disease, vascular sclerosis, aortic sclerosis, bulbar sclerosis, otosclerosis, otospongiosis, sclerema, atrophic scarring of the cerebral convulsions, sclerogyria, neurosclerosis, inosclerosis, pyosclerosis, general sclerosis, motor neurone disease, Charcot's disease, Charcot's syndrome, Lou Gehrig's disease, Pllizaeus-Merzbacher disease, Baló's disease, concentric periaxial leucoencephalitis, demyelinating encephalopathy, medial ateriosclerosis, posterolateral sclerosis, Lichtheim's syndrome, Putnam-Dana syndrome, Madonna finger, systemic sclerosis, tuberous sclerosis, epiloia, Bourneville's disease