 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
sclerotic
adjective
1: relating to or having sclerosis; hardened; "a sclerotic
patient" [syn: {sclerosed}]
2: of or relating to the sclera of the eyeball; "sclerotic
tissue"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sclerotic \Scle*rot"ic\, adjective (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from ergot or
the sclerotium of a fungus growing on rye.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sclerotic \Scle*rot"ic\, noun [Cf. F. scl['e]rotique.] (Anat.)
The sclerotic coat of the eye. See Illust. of {Eye}
(d) .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sclerotic \Scle*rot"ic\, adjective [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.
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