Definition of Sclerotic

  • (a.) Hard; firm; indurated; -- applied especially in anatomy to the firm outer coat of the eyeball, which is often cartilaginous and sometimes bony.
  • (a.) Of or pertaining to the sclerotic coat of the eye; sclerotical.
  • (a.) Affected with sclerosis; sclerosed.
  • (n.) The sclerotic coat of the eye. See Illust. of Eye (d).
  • (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from ergot or the sclerotium of a fungus growing on rye.

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