Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The process by which the cuticle of an arthropod is hardened by sclerotin.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
sclerotisation .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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After their last juvenile moult, males enter their sexual form with larger chela, increased length, sharper spines and increased sclerotization.
Crustacea 2008
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Finally, transmission electron microscopy showed that sclerotization or deposition of diffuse melanin, rather than deposition of melanin granules, produces the dark coloration found in the cuticle of this species.
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Finally, transmission electron microscopy showed that sclerotization or deposition of diffuse melanin, rather than deposition of melanin granules, produces the dark coloration found in the cuticle of this species.
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After their last juvenile moult, males enter their sexual form with larger chela, increased length, sharper spines and increased sclerotization.
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Finally, transmission electron microscopy showed that sclerotization or deposition of diffuse melanin, rather than deposition of melanin granules, produces the dark coloration found in the cuticle of this species.
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