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sclerosis

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Induration; hardening; especially, that form of induration produced in an organ by increase of its interstitial connective tissue.

Hardening of the cell wall by lignification.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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I don't know if many people know this about me, but I have multiple sclerosis. So I don't have time for a lot of shades of gray. I don't have time for BS. Neil Cavuto

Myelin is a fatty substance that coats the axons, speeding up synaptic transmission. Myelanation... is generally completed by age twenty. Multiple sclerosis is one of several degenerative diseases that can affect the myelin sheath... Daniel Levitin

Multiple Sclerosis is obviously close to my heart and I'm determined to make a difference in the lives of people who suffer from the disease by raising the profile of MS, as well as raising funds for advocacy and research. Ann Romney

The cradle-to-grave welfare state diminishes individual initiative and can breed a pervasive sclerosis. Jacob Weisberg

I was in Vienna in August 1968 for a meeting of the International Federation of Multiple Sclerosis Societies, of which I was co-founder, and we wanted a 20th country to join. They asked for a volunteer to go to Prague to get Czechoslovakia to do it, and my hand always goes up first. Shirley Temple

About six years ago my family was affected by multiple sclerosis. Frank Iero

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