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sclerosis vs disseminated sclerosis

disseminated sclerosis vs sclerosis

sclerosis and disseminated sclerosis both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
sclerosis Yes No No No
disseminated sclerosis Yes No No No
As nouns, disseminated sclerosis is a hyponym of sclerosis; that is, disseminated sclerosis is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than sclerosis:
  • sclerosis: any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue
  • disseminated sclerosis: a chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers
sclerosis (noun) disseminated sclerosis (noun)
any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue a chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers
Difference between sclerosis and disseminated sclerosis

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