SCLEROTIN

Meaning of SCLEROTIN in English

[ 'sklɪərətɪn , 'sklɛ- ]

■ noun Biochemistry a structural protein which forms the cuticles of insects and is hardened and darkened by a natural tanning process.

Origin

1940s: from sclero- , on the pattern of keratin .

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

SCLEROTIN — noun Etymology: probably scler- + -tin (as in chitin) Date: 1940 an insoluble tanned protein permeating and stiffening the chitin …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SCLEROTIN — ˈsklirətə̇n, -ler- noun ( -s ) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary sclerot- (from Greek sklērotēs hardness) + -in : an insoluble …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SCLEROTIN — /sklear"euh tin, skler"-/ , n. Biochem. an insoluble protein that serves to stiffen the chitin of the cuticle of arthropods. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SCLEROTIN — noun Etymology: probably scler- + -tin (as in chitin ) Date: 1940 : an insoluble tanned protein permeating and stiffening …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SCLEROTIN — [scler.o.tin] n [prob. scler- + -tin (as in chitin)] (1940): an insoluble tanned protein permeating and stiffening the chitin of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SCLEROTIN — a dark-brown biological pigment formed by an enzyme-catalyzed tanning of protein. Sclerotin is found in the cuticle (external covering) and …
Britannica English vocabulary
SCLEROTIN — n. Pronunciation: ' skler- ə -t ə n, skl ə - ' r ō -t ə n Function: noun Etymology: …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SCLEROTIZED — adjective Etymology: 1sclerotic + -ize + 1-ed Date: circa 1890 hardened especially by the formation of sclerotin , sclerotization noun
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SCLEROTINIA — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈtinēə noun Etymology: New Latin, from sclerotin- (irregular from sclerotium ) + -ia 1. capitalized : a large genus of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SCLEROTIZED — adjective Etymology: sclerot ic (I) + -ize + -ed (I) Date: circa 1890 : hardened especially by the formation of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SCLEROTIZED — or sclerotised 'sklɪərətʌɪzd , 'sklɛ- ■ adjective Entomology hardened by conversion into sclerotin. Derivatives sclerotization noun
Concise Oxford English vocab
SCLEROTIZED — [scler.o.tized] adj [[1]sclerotic + -ize + [1]-ed] (ca. 1890): hardened esp. by the formation of sclerotin "~ insect cuticle" -- …
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