sclerotherapy

sclerotherapy /scle·ro·ther·a·py/ (skler?o-ther´ah-pe) injection of a chemical irritant into a vein to produce inflammation and eventual fibrosis and obliteration of the lumen, as for treatment of hemorrhoids.

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scle·ro·ther·a·py (sklîr-thr-p)

n.

Treatment, as for varicose veins, involving the injection of a sclerosing solution into vessels or tissues.

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sclerotherapy (skl·rō·theˑ·r·pē),

n a treatment in which a mildly ir-ritating substance (a proliferant) is injected into osseus-ligamentous junc-tions or into weak connective tissues. The body's response to the irritant includes increased blood flow and tissue strengthening. Also called
reconstructive therapy. See also proliferant.

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sclerotherapy,

n the use of sclerosing chemicals to treat such varicosities as hemorrhoids and esophageal varices.

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sclerotherapy

the injection of sclerosing agents.