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sclerotic


  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sclerotic  \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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sclerotic  \Scle*rot"ic\,  n.  [Cf.  F.  scl['e]rotique.]  (Anat.) 
  The  sclerotic  coat  of  the  eye.  See  Illust.  of  {Eye} 
  d  . 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sclerotic  \Scle*rot"ic\,  a.  (Chem.) 
  Pertaining  to  or  designating,  an  acid  obtained  from  ergot  or 
  the  sclerotium  of  a  fungus  growing  on  rye. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sclerotic 
  adj  1:  relating  to  or  having  sclerosis;  hardened;  "a  sclerotic 
  patient"  [syn:  {sclerosed}] 
  2:  of  or  relating  to  the  sclera  of  the  eyeball;  "sclerotic 
  tissue" 




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