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SCLEROSIS [2 records]

Record 1 2012-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
DEF

Induration, especially from fibrosis or from chronic inflammatory origin.

OBS

Plural: scleroses.

CONT

Biopsies are useful in patients with clinical nephritis to determine the pathologic type of nephritis, whether there is active inflammation (which has the potential for reversal) versus fibrosis and sclerosis, and to distinguish lupus nephritis from other forms of renal disease.

Key term(s)
  • scleroses

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
DEF

Induration pathologique d'un tissu ou d'un organe, le plus souvent associée à une lésion inflammatoire ou à une fibrose.

CONT

Sclérose de la cavité utérine.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
DEF

Endurecimiento de tejidos.

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Record 2 2004-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Biology
  • Xylology (The Study of Wood)
DEF

Hardening of the cell walls of wood by lignification.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie végétale
  • Xylologie (Étude des bois)
DEF

Durcissement de la membrane d'une cellule par lignification.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Biología vegetal
  • Xilología (Estudio de la madera)
DEF

Endurecimiento de las paredes celulares de la madera por lignificación.

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