Italian

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Etymology

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From sclerotico +‎ -izzare.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /skle.ro.tidˈd͡za.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: scle‧ro‧tiz‧zà‧re

Verb

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sclerotizzàre (first-person singular present sclerotìzzo, first-person singular past historic sclerotizzài, past participle sclerotizzàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, medicine) to sclerotize
  2. (transitive, figurative) to stiffen, to make rigid and nonfunctional (e.g. an economy)

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • sclerotizzare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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