Sclerosis 370639 219450994 2008-06-15T08:13:47Z WuBot 7192839 robot Removing: [[fr:Sclérose]] '''Sclerosis''' or '''sclerotization''' is a hardening of tissue and other [[anatomical]] features ==In medicine== *[[Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis]] sometimes known as Lou Gehrig's disease, a progressive, incurable, usually fatal disease of motor neurons. Scientist Stephen Hawking suffers from this disease *[[Atherosclerosis]], a deposit of fat in the arteries which causes hardening *[[Hippocampal sclerosis]], a brain damage often seen in individuals with temporal lobe epilepsy *[[Lichen sclerosus]], a disease hardening and connecting flesh of the vagina and the penis of men and women. An autoimmune disorder *[[Liver sclerosis]], causes the inability of the liver to process and metabolize the female hormone and it causes the imbalance of male and female hormone and impotence *[[Multiple sclerosis]], a central nervous system disease which affects coordination *[[Osteosclerosis]], a condition where the bone density is significantly increased *[[Otosclerosis]], a disease of the ears *[[Systemic sclerosis]] (progressive systemic scleroderma), a rare, chronic disease which affects the skin, and in some cases also blood vessels and internal organs *[[Tuberous sclerosis]], a rare genetic disease which affects multiple systems ==In botany== *a process which hardens plant tissue by adding fibers and sclereids, resulting in [[sclerenchyma]] <!-- ==In zoology== *a process which hardens animal [[exoskeleton]]s by adding [[protein]]s such as [[resilin]] and sometimes mineral salts such as [[calcium carbonate]] --> {{disambig}} [[pt:Esclerose]] [[ru:Склероз]] [[sv:Skleros]] [[zh:硬化]]