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Sclerosis vs Sclerotherapy - What's the difference?

sclerosis | sclerotherapy | Related terms |

Sclerosis is a related term of sclerotherapy.


As nouns the difference between sclerosis and sclerotherapy

is that sclerosis is (pathology) the abnormal hardening of body tissues, such as an artery while sclerotherapy is (surgery) a treatment for varicose veins and hemorrhoids involving an injection of material into a blood vessel in order to make it harden and shrink.

sclerosis

English

Noun

(scleroses)
  • (pathology) The abnormal hardening of body tissues, such as an artery.

    • Derived terms

    * arteriosclerosis * atherosclerosis * sclerotic * multiple sclerosis * osteosclerosis

    Related terms

    * sclera

    External links

    * * English words suffixed with -osis

    sclerotherapy

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia sclerotherapy) (sclerotherapies)
  • (surgery) A treatment for varicose veins and hemorrhoids involving an injection of material into a blood vessel in order to make it harden and shrink

    • Related terms

    *sclerosis