English
encephalosclerosis
From encephalo- + sclerosis.
Formed from encephalo- + sclerosis
Ancient Greek ἐγκέφαλος ‘brain’
English encephalo-
Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelh₁- ‘to parch, wither’
Ancient Greek σκληρός ‘hard’
Ancient Greek σκληρόω ‘to harden’
Ancient Greek σκλήρωσις ‘hardening’
English sclerosis
Today it means
noun hardening of brain tissue
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / encephalosclerosis