sclerotic
sclerotic
Definition
scle·rotic (skli rät′ik)
adjective
- hard; sclerosed
- of, characterized by, or having sclerosis
- of the sclera
Etymology: ModL scleroticus < Gr sklērotēs, hardness: see sclera
sclerotic
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- economy: The bureaucratic totalitarian system with its sclerotic economy was not attractive to the masses in Western Europe, America and Japan.
- scatter: A mechanism to enable the instrument to decouple ( for e.g. , sclerotic scatter ) is required.
- ring: These were soon shown to be pieces of the bony sclerotic ring around the mosasaur eye ).
- rim: X-ray on the right tibia revealed several osteolytic cystic lesions with sclerotic rims.
- nature: Three weeks ago the European Commission launched a swathe of legal proceedings aimed at loosening the sclerotic nature of the European internal energy market.
Used with adjective complement
- become: Without firms prepared to innovate and adjust, economies become sclerotic.
Browse dictionary entries near sclerotic
- sclerosis
- sclerosed
- scleroprotein
- sclerometer
- scleroma
- scleroid
- sclerodermatous
- scleroderma
- sclero-
- scleritis
- sclerotium
- sclerotomy
- sclerous
- ScM
- SCN
- SCO
- scoff
- scofflaw
- scold
- scolecite
