Sclerotherapy
/ˌsklɪəroʊˈθɛrəpi/noun
A medical treatment that injects a solution into blood vessels or abnormal tissue to make them shrink or close.
Did you know?Its first element, Greek *sklēros*, is the same root behind **sclerosis** and **sclerotic**, and it originally meant something hard, rough, or stubbornly rigid.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Greek
GRK
sklēros (σκληρός)
“hard, rough, stiff”
Ancient Greek
GRK
therapeia (θεραπεία)
“attendance, service, treatment”
Late 19th Century
English
sclerotherapy
“medical treatment intended to harden or obliterate abnormal vessels”
Modern English
English
sclerotherapy
“injection treatment used to close varicose veins and similar vessels”
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