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noun
A localized hardening or stiffness of tissue after exposure to severe cold, supposedly caused by a colloidal change resulting in gel formation and increased viscosity in the protoplasm of cells.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
A hardening or stiffness of tissue, especially in a muscle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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History
Borrowed from German Gelose, coined by German physician Heinrich Karl Wilhelm Schade in 1921. By surface analysis, gel + -osis.
