cerebrosclerosis

cerebrosclerosis

 [ser″ĕ-bro-sklĕ-ro´sis]

morbid hardening of the substance of the cerebrum.

cer·e·bro·scle·ro·sis

(ser'ĕ-brō-sklēr-ō'sis),

Encephalosclerosis, hardening of the cerebral hemispheres.

[cerebro- + G. sklērōsis, hardening]

encephalosclerosis

An older term that dignifies "hardening" of cerebral tissue; encephalosclerosis does not correspond to a specific pathological entity, and is not used in the working medical parlance.

cer·e·bro·scle·ro·sis

(ser'ĕ-brō-sklĕr-ō'sis)

Encephalosclerosis, hardening of the cerebral hemispheres.

[cerebro- + G. sklērōsis, hardening]