sclerosi
Italian
Etymology 1
Unadapted borrowing from Latin sclērōsis, itself from Ancient Greek σκλήρωσις (sklḗrōsis, “hardening”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skleˈrɔ.zi/, (common, yet erroneous) /ˈsklɛ.ro.zi/
- Rhymes: -ɔzi, (common, yet erroneous) -ɛrozi
- Hyphenation: scle‧rò‧si, (common, yet erroneous) sclè‧ro‧si
Noun
sclerosi f (invariable)
- (pathology) sclerosis
- ellipsis of sclerosi multipla
Related terms
- arteriosclerosi
- sclerosi a placche
- sclerosi laterale amiotrofica
- sclerosi multipla
- sclerotico
- sclerotizzarsi
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skleˈrɔ.zi/
- Rhymes: -ɔzi
- Hyphenation: scle‧rò‧si
Verb
sclerosi
- inflection of sclerosare:
- second-person singular present indicative
- first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skleˈro.zi/, (traditional) /skleˈro.si/
- Rhymes: -ozi, (traditional) -osi
- Hyphenation: scle‧ró‧si
Adjective
sclerosi
- masculine plural of scleroso