| sclerotic kidney | A kidney in which fairly uniform, diffusely and evenly situated foci of scarring of the interstitial tissue of the cortex (and sometimes scarring of glomeruli), and the associated slight degree of bulging of groups of dilated tubules, leads to the development of a minutely bosselated surface; such kidney's are seen in arteriolar nephrosclerosis or chronic glomerulonephritis. Synonym: sclerotic kidney. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| sclerotic stomach | leather-bottle stomach |
| sclerotic teeth | Teeth that are naturally hard and resistant to caries. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sclerotica | Synonym: sclera. Origin: Mod. L. Scleroticus, hard (05 Mar 2000) |
| sclerotical | <anatomy> Sclerotic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sclerotitis | <medicine> Inflammation of the sclerotic coat. Origin: NL. See Sclerotic, and -rris. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sclerotium | Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Hard. 1. <botany> A hardened body formed by certain fungi, as by the Claviceps purpurea, which produced ergot. 2. <zoology> The nature or resting stage of a plasmodium. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sclerotome | <zoology> One of the bony, cartilaginous, or membranous partitoins which separate the myotomes. Sclerotom"ic. Origin: Gr. Hard + to cut. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sclerotomy | An incision through the sclera. Origin: sclero-+ G. Tome, incision (05 Mar 2000) |
| sclerotrichia | Induration and brittleness of the hair. Synonym: sclerotrichia. Origin: sclero-+ G. Thrix, hair (05 Mar 2000) |
| sclerotylosis | 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) |
| sclerous | <anatomy> Hard; indurated; sclerotic. Origin: Gr. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |