SCLEROTIC


Meaning of SCLEROTIC in English

I. -räd.ik adjective

Etymology: in sense 1, from scler- + -otic; in other senses, probably from (assumed) Medieval Latin scleroticus, from scler- + -oticus (as in Latin exoticus exotic) — more at exotic

1. : hard , indurated: as

a. : being or relating to the sclera

b. : sclerosed

a sclerotic cell wall

sclerotic patients

sclerotic arteries

2. : of or relating to sclerosis

II. noun

( -s )

Etymology: Medieval Latin sclerotica

: sclera

III. adjective

: grown rigid or unresponsive especially with age

sclerotic institutions

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