About The Word Sclerotic
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Sclerotic
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What's The Definition Of Sclerotic?
[adj] of or relating to the sclera of the eyeball; "sclerotic tissue"
[adj] relating to or having sclerosis; hardened; "a sclerotic patient" Synonyms | Synonyms for Sclerotic: sclerosed Related Terms | Find terms related to Sclerotic: See Also | Sclerotic In Webster's Dictionary \Scle*rot"ic\, a. [Gr. sklhro`s hard: cf. F.
scl['e]rotique.]
1. Hard; firm; indurated; -- applied especially in anatomy to
the firm outer coat of the eyeball, which is often
cartilaginous and sometimes bony.
2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the sclerotic coat of the eye;
sclerotical.
3. (Med.) Affected with sclerosis; sclerosed.
{Sclerotic parenchyma} (Bot.), sclerenchyma. By some writers
a distinction is made, sclerotic parenchyma being applied
to tissue composed of cells with the walls hardened but
not thickened, and sclerenchyma to tissue composed of
cells with the walls both hardened and thickened.
\Scle*rot"ic\, n. [Cf. F. scl['e]rotique.] (Anat.) The sclerotic coat of the eye. See Illust. of {Eye} (d) . \Scle*rot"ic\, a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from ergot or the sclerotium of a fungus growing on rye. |
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