| SCLEREIDE | • sclereide n. Alternative form of sclereid. • SCLEREIDE n. a thick-walled plant cell, also SCLEREID. |
| SCLEREIDS | • sclereids n. Plural of sclereid. • SCLEREID n. a thick-walled plant cell, also SCLEREIDE. |
| SCLEREMAS | • scleremas n. Plural of sclerema. • SCLEREMA n. (Greek) a hardening of tissues. |
| SCLERITES | • sclerites n. Plural of sclerite. • SCLERITE n. a hard skeletal plate or spicule. |
| SCLERITIC | • scleritic adj. Having or relating to scleritis. • scleritic adj. Relating to a sclerite. • SCLERITIC adj. of or like a sclerite, a hard chitinous or calcareous process or corpuscle. |
| SCLERITIS | • scleritis n. (Ophthalmology) Inflammation of the sclera of the eye. • SCLERITIS n. inflammation of the sclerotic, also SCLEROTITIS. |
| SCLEROMAS | • scleromas n. Plural of scleroma. • SCLEROMA n. (Greek) a hardened patch of cellular tissue. |
| SCLEROSAL | • sclerosal adj. Exhibiting or relating to sclerosis. • SCLEROSAL adj. affected with sclerosis, induration. |
| SCLEROSED | • sclerosed adj. Hardened by sclerosis. • sclerosed adj. (Figurative) Hardened; fixed; inflexible; tough. • sclerosed adj. (Botany) lignified. |
| SCLEROSES | • scleroses n. Plural of sclerosis. • SCLEROSE v. to harden; to affect with sclerosis. |
| SCLEROSIS | • sclerosis n. (Pathology) The abnormal hardening of body tissues, such as an artery; the appearance of hardenings… • sclerosis n. Inability to create change or excessive resistance to change. • SCLEROSIS n. hardening; morbid hardening, e.g. of arteries by deposition of fatty plaques. |
| SCLEROTAL | • sclerotal adj. (Anatomy) sclerotic. • sclerotal n. (Anatomy) The optic capsule; the sclerotic coat of the eye. • SCLEROTAL n. a sclerotic bone or plate. |
| SCLEROTIA | • sclerotia n. Plural of sclerotium. • SCLEROTIUM n. a hardened body formed by certain fungi, such as by the Claviceps purpurea, which produces ergot. |
| SCLEROTIC | • sclerotic adj. (Anatomy) Of or relating to the sclera of the eye. • sclerotic adj. (Anatomy or pathology) Having or relating to sclerosis; hardened. • sclerotic adj. (Figurative) Hard and insular; resistant to change. |
| SCLEROTIN | • sclerotin n. (Biochemistry) The crosslinked protein component of the cuticles of insects. • SCLEROTIN n. in insects, a protein in the cuticle that becomes hard and dark. |