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sclero-
sclero- (ˈsklɪərəʊ) occurring in scientific terms. 1. As combining form of Gr. σκληρό-ς hard. ˌscleroblaˈstema Anat. [blastema], the embryonic tissue which gives rise to bone. ˌscleroˈbrachiate a. [L. brāchium arm], the distinctive epithet of those brachiopods in which the arms are supported by a ha... Oxford English Dictionary
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sclerotin
sclerotin Biol. (ˈsklɪərətɪn) [f. sclero- + -tin after chitin, keratin, etc.] Any of a class of structural proteins which form the exocuticles of insects and harden and darken by a natural tanning process in which protein chains become cross-linked by quinone groups.1940 M. G. M. Pryor in Proc. R. S... Oxford English Dictionary
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scleromyxœdema
scleromyxœdema Path. (ˌsklɪərəʊmɪksiːˈdiːmə) Also -myxedema. [ad. G. skleromyxödem (H. H. Gottron 1954, in Arch. f. Dermatol. u. Syphilis CXCIX. 71): see sclero- and myxœdema s.v. myxo-.] A disease characterized by the extensive proliferation of fibroblasts and deposition of mucopolysaccharides in t... Oxford English Dictionary
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Scleroscope
Scleroscope (ˈsklɪərəskəʊp) Also scleroscope. [f. sclero- + -scope.] An instrument for measuring the hardness of a material, this being indicated by the height of rebound of a small diamond-tipped hammer dropped from a standard height on to the material. Also attrib. Hence scleroˈscopic a. Sclerosco... Oxford English Dictionary
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sclerotic
▪ I. sclerotic, a.1 and n. (sklɪəˈrɒtɪk) In 7 sclero-, sclirotyke, -tike. [a. med. and mod.L. sclērōticus (med.L. in fem. form sclerotica), a. late Gr. *σκληρωτικός having the property of hardening, pertaining to sclerosis or hardening, f. σκληροῦν: see scleroma.] A. adj. 1. Anat. In sclerotic coat,... Oxford English Dictionary
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