Sclerotic

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the sclerotic coat of the eye;
        sclerotical.
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     3. (Med.) Affected with sclerosis; sclerosed.
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     {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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sclerotic \Scle*rot"ic\, n. [Cf. F. scl['e]rotique.] (Anat.)
     The sclerotic coat of the eye. See Illust. of {Eye}
     (d) .
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sclerotic \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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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"