sclerotic

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1. sclerotic - Noun

2. sclerotic - Adjective

Meaning

Hard; firm; indurated; -- applied especially in anatomy to the firm outer coat of the eyeball, which is often cartilaginous and sometimes bony.

Of or pertaining to the sclerotic coat of the eye; sclerotical.

Affected with sclerosis; sclerosed.

The sclerotic coat of the eye. See Illust. of Eye (d).

Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from ergot or the sclerotium of a fungus growing on rye.

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Compared to the refined culture of sclerotic forms and frames, which mask everything, the lyrical mode is utterly barbarian in its expression. Its value resides precisely in its savage quality: it is only blood, sincerity, and fire. Emil Cioran

a sclerotic patient Source: Internet

sclerotic tissue Source: Internet

The eyeball is supported by a sclerotic ring of four small bones, but this characteristic has been lost or modified in many modern species. Source: Internet

That this didn't happen for so long was the result of a sclerotic imperial regime, followed by a madman ruler, Mao, who did his very best to utterly destroy the country — as with the 20th century emperors and the Derg in Ethiopia. Source: Internet

Since the eyes are fixed into these sclerotic tubes, they are unable to move the eyes in any direction. Source: Internet

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