sclerosed

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sclerosed (comparative more sclerosed, superlative most sclerosed)

  1. Hardened by sclerosis.
  2. (figurative) Hardened; fixed; inflexible; tough.
    • 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
      "They are all good men." "Of course they are. It's quite physiological. They are a body of elderly men, and the elderly brain is sclerosed and cannot record new impressions."
  3. (botany) lignified