gelosis

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Gelose, coined by German physician Heinrich Karl Wilhelm Schade in 1921. By surface analysis, gel +‎ -osis. === Noun === gelosis (countable and uncountable, plural geloses) (medicine, obsolete) 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. (medicine, now rare) A hardening or stiffness of tissue, especially in a muscle. ==== Related terms ==== === Anagrams === glioses