Sclerosis

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Not to be confused with Scoliosis.

Sclerosis or sclerotizis (also spelled sclerosus in the names of a few disorders) is a hardening of tissue and other anatomical features; it may refer to:

  • Sclerosis (medicine), a hardening of tissue
  • in zoology, a process which hardens forms sclerites, a hardened exoskeleton
  • in botany, a process which hardens plant tissue by adding fibers and sclereids, resulting in sclerenchyma
  • Cyberbrain Sclerosis, a fictional disease introduced in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. The disease is characterized by hardening of the brain tissues precipitated by the cyberization process.
  • In economics, see: Eurosclerosis
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