| sclero- | Hardness (induration), sclerosis, relationship to sclera. Origin: G. Skleros, hard (05 Mar 2000) |
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| sclero-oophoritis | Inflammatory induration of the ovary. Origin: sclero-+ Mod. L. Oophoron, ovary + G. -itis, inflammation (05 Mar 2000) |
| scleroatrophy | Atrophic fibrosis of the skin, hypoplasia of the nails, and palmoplantar keratoderma; associated with gastrointestinal cancer; autosomal dominant inheritance. Synonym: scleroatrophy. Origin: sclero-+ G. Tylosis, the process of becoming callous (05 Mar 2000) |
| sclerobase | <zoology> The calcareous or hornlike coral forming the central stem or axis of most compound alcyonarians. Synonym: foot secretion. Origin: Gr. Hard + base. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| scleroblastema | The embryonic tissue entering into the formation of bone. Origin: sclero-+ G. Blastema, sprout (05 Mar 2000) |
| sclerochoroidal | Relating to both the sclera and the choroid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sclerochoroiditis | Inflammation of the sclera and choroid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sclerochoroiditis anterior | A secondary inflammation of the sclera by an extension of a process from the uvea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sclerochoroiditis posterior | A bulging near the posterior pole of the eyeball due to degenerative changes in severe myopia. Synonym: Scarpa's staphyloma, sclerochoroiditis posterior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| scleroconjunctival | Relating to the sclera and the conjunctiva. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sclerocornea | 1. The cornea and sclera regarded as forming together the hard outer coat of the eye, the fibrous tunic of the eye. 2. A congenital anomaly in which the whole or part of the cornea is opaque and resembles the sclera; other ocular abnormalities are frequently present. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sclerocorneal junction | The margin of the cornea overlapped by the sclera. Synonym: limbus corneae, corneal margin, sclerocorneal junction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sclerocystic disease of the ovary | <syndrome> Clinical symptom complex characterised by oligomenorrhoea or amenorrhoea, anovulation, and regularly associated with bilateral polycystic ovaries. (12 Dec 1998) |
| sclerodactyly | <dermatology> Stiffness and tightening of the skin of the fingers, with atrophy of the soft tissues and osteoporosis of the distal phalanges of the hands and feet. (04 Mar 1998) |
| scleroderm | <marine biology> One of a tribe of plectognath fishes (Sclerodermi) having the skin covered with hard scales, or plates, as the cowfish and the trunkfish. <zoology> Hardened, or bony, integument of various animals. Origin: Gr. Hard + skin: cf. F. Scleroderme. (04 Mar 1998) |