English
glomerulosclerosis
From glomerulo- + sclerosis.
Formed from glomerulo- + sclerosis
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 A hardening of the glomerulus in the kidney.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / glomerulosclerosis