Sclerotic

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  • adjective. Affected or marked by sclerosis.
  • adjective. Of or relating to the sclera.
  • noun. undefined
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pertaining to or of the nature of sclerosis.
  • Related to or derived from ergot. Also sclerotinic.
  • noun. Same as sclerotica.
  • noun. A medicine which hardens and consolidates the parts to which it is applied.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Hard; firm; indurated; -- applied especially in anatomy to the firm outer coat of the eyeball, which is often cartilaginous and sometimes bony.
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to the sclerotic coat of the eye; sclerotical.
  • adjective. Affected with sclerosis; sclerosed.
  • adjective. 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.
  • noun. The sclerotic coat of the eye. See Illust. of eye (d).
  • adjective. Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from ergot or the sclerotium of a fungus growing on rye.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to the sclera
  • adjective. Having sclerosis
  • adjective. Hard and insular, often in sclerotic bureaucracy
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. of or relating to the sclera of the eyeball
  • adjective. relating to or having sclerosis; hardened
  • Word Usage
    "In his critique of the traditional Shia clergy -- a group that he described as sclerotic and superstitious, enemies of progress and true Islam -- Shariati had exempted Khomeini, praising him for his fierce fight against despotism and colonialism."
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