SCLEROTIZED


Meaning of SCLEROTIZED in English

/sklear"euh tuyzd', skler"-/ , adj.

1. (esp. of the cuticle of an arthropod) hardened by the presence of substances other than chitin, as by scleroproteins, waxes, or calcium salts.

2. Pathol. sclerosed.

[ 1960-65; SCLEROT(IC) + -IZE + -ED 2 ]

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