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Sclerotic

adjective

Relating to or having sclerosis; hardened. Synonym: sclerosed.

Of or relating to the sclera of the eyeball.

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... necktie wound carelessly about his neck; his shirt collar wide open; his face a kind of oblong quadrilateral containing features grotesquely drawn downward; his eyes, large and prominent, so turned as to show most of the sclerotic white of the eyeballs,—all were combined to present the buffoon in his ...

— The Story of Cooperstown • Ralph Birdsall

... disease has progressed for a long time, and the pain, as is often the case, seems intense, it will save the animal great suffering, by opening the ball and allowing the humours to escape. This may be done by puncturing the cornea or the sclerotic coat with a needle. Setons introduced along the spine would ...

— The Dog - A nineteenth-century dog-lovers' manual, - a combination of the essential and the esoteric. • William Youatt

... paralysis of the most distant parts, e.g. the feet, may be transitory. Even in cases in which the loss of function below the level of the lesion has been complete, recovery may take place, but it is apt to be marred by a spastic condition of the muscles concerned, due to sclerotic changes in ...

— Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. • Alexander Miles

Words linked to "Sclerotic" : sclera, sclerosis, sclerotic coat