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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: relating to or having sclerosis; hardened; "a sclerotic patient" [syn: sclerotic, sclerosed]
2: of or relating to the sclera of the eyeball; "sclerotic tissue"

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Date: 1543 1. being or relating to the sclera 2. of, relating to, or affected with sclerosis II. noun Etymology: Medieval Latin sclerotica, from Greek *skl?r?tos, verbal of Greek skl?roun to harden Date: 1690 sclera

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & n. --adj. 1 of or having sclerosis. 2 of or relating to the sclera. --n. = SCLERA. Derivatives: sclerotitis n. Etymology: med.L sclerotica (as SCLEROSIS)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sclerotic Scle*rot"ic, n. [Cf. F. scl['e]rotique.] (Anat.) The sclerotic coat of the eye. See Illust. of Eye (d) .

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sclerotic Scle*rot"ic, a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from ergot or the sclerotium of a fungus growing on rye.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. (Anat.) White of the eye.