Word Meaning

Meaning of "sclerotic" and the crossword clue

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