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| scle·rot·ic [ sklə róttik ] |
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1. of plant cell wall hardening: relating to the hardening and thickening of plant cell walls that turns young green growth woody
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2. of white of the eye: relating to the dense outer coating of the eyeball that forms the white of the eye sclera
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3. of sclerosis of body tissue: relating to or suffering from sclerosis of body tissue
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4. inflexible: having become unresponsively rigid, especially from longevity
  a political party grown sclerotic from too many years in power
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noun |
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anatomy
Same as sclera
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| [Mid-16th century. < Greek sklēros "hard" + -otic] |
