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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Sclerosis \Scle*ro"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. (??, fr. sklhro`s
hard.]
1. (Med.) Induration; hardening; especially, that form of
induration produced in an organ by increase of its
interstitial connective tissue.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Bot.) Hardening of the cell wall by lignification.
[1913 Webster]
{Cerebro-spinal sclerosis} (Med.), an affection in which
patches of hardening, produced by increase of the
neuroglia and atrophy of the true nerve tissue, are found
scattered throughout the brain and spinal cord. It is
associated with complete or partial paralysis, a peculiar
jerking tremor of the muscles, headache, and vertigo, and
is usually fatal. Formerly referred to as {multiple
sclerosis}, {disseminated sclerosis}, or {insular
sclerosis}, but now usually called only {multiple
sclerosis}, or {MS}.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
MS
n 1: a chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of
myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers [syn: {multiple
sclerosis}, {MS}, {disseminated sclerosis}, {disseminated
multiple sclerosis}]
2: a state in the Deep South on the gulf of Mexico; one of the
Confederate States during the American Civil War [syn:
{Mississippi}, {Magnolia State}, {MS}]
3: a master's degree in science [syn: {Master of Science}, {MS},
{SM}, {MSc}]
4: the form of a literary work submitted for publication [syn:
{manuscript}, {ms}]
5: a form of address for a woman [syn: {Ms}, {Ms.}]
From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006) [vera]:
MS
Message Store
From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006) [vera]:
MS
Memory Stick
From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006) [vera]:
MS
Meta Signaling (ATM, ???)
From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006) [vera]:
MS
Mobile Station (GSM, mobile-systems)
From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006) [vera]:
MS
MicroSoft (manufacturer, MS)
From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary [reverse index] [fd-tur-eng]:
annodomini
1. (Lat.) (Rabbin senesinde) Milâdi sene, Milâttan sonra, MS.
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