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sclerotic


adjective

  1. Also scleral. Anatomy. of or relating to the sclera.
  2. Pathology, Botany. pertaining to or affected with sclerosis.

adjective

  1. of or relating to the sclera
  2. of, relating to, or having sclerosis
  3. botany characterized by the hardening and strengthening of cell walls

noun

  1. another name for sclera

adj.early 15c., “pertaining to sclerosis,” from medical Latin scleroticus, from Greek skleroun (see sclerosis). Figurative meaning “unchanging, rigid” is from 1961. adj.

  1. Affected or marked by sclerosis.
  2. Of or relating to the sclera of the eye.

n.

  1. sclera
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