Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Hardened or bony.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Hard, firm, or indurated, in general; ossified or bony, as a part of the scleroskeleton; scleritic.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Anat.) Hard; indurated; sclerotic.
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- adjective anatomy
hard ;indurated ;sclerotic
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek
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Examples
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Lactic acid, applied with one to ten or more parts of water is also of value in the sclerous and verrucous types.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine Henry Weightman Stelwagon 1886
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