SCLEROTIN


Meaning of SCLEROTIN in English

/sklear"euh tin, skler"-/ , n. Biochem.

an insoluble protein that serves to stiffen the chitin of the cuticle of arthropods.

[ 1935-40; sklerót ( es ) hardness + -IN 2 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .