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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Sclerotic

Scle-rŏt'ic, a.

adjective

a. [Fr. sclérotique, It. sclerotica, Sp. esclerotico, esclirotico, N. Lat. scleroticus, from Gr. σκληρός, hard.] Hard; firm; as, the sclerotic coat, membrane, or tunic of the eye, which is the firm, white, outer coat.

Scle-rŏt'ic, n.

noun

n. [Fr. sclérotique, It. sclerotica, sclerotico, Sp. esclerotica, esclirotica, N. Lat. sclerotica. See supra.]

  1. (Anat.) The firm, white, outer coat of the eye.
  2. (Med.) A medicine which hardens and consolidates the parts to which it is applied.