| sclera |
(SKLEH-ruh). Opaque, fibrous, protective outer layer of the eye ("white of the eye") that is directly continuous with the cornea in front and with the sheath covering optic nerve behind.
Ãâó: www.eyeglossary.net/
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| scleroderma |
(sklere-o-DER-muh). A connective tissue disorder characterized by tightening of the skin of the arms, face or hands, puffy hands and feet, and joint stiffness and pain.
Ãâó: www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm
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| sclerotium |
a vegetative, resting, food-storage body in certain higher fungi, composed of a compact mass of hardened mycelia
Ãâó: www.inbar.int/publication/txt/tr10/glossary2.htm
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| sclerotherapy |
Treatment by injection of an agent which causes a destructive reaction.
Ãâó: www.njsurgery.com/html/Procedures/glossary.html
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| sclerotium |
a compact resistant mass of hyphae or pseudoparenchyma.
Ãâó: intramar.ugent.be/nemys/fungi/web/glossary.htm
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