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Definition of "sclerotic" [scle•rot•ic]

  • Affected or marked by sclerosis. (adjective)
  • Anatomy Of or relating to the sclera. (adjective)
  • See sclera. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "sclerotic" in a sentence
  • "In his critique of the traditional Shia clergy -- a group that he described as sclerotic and superstitious, enemies of progress and true Islam -- Shariati had exempted Khomeini, praising him for his fierce fight against despotism and colonialism."
  • "Right now, if you have a bad aortic valve--if you have advanced heart disease, or most people who age develop what's called a sclerotic aortic valve, their aortic valve literally becomes brittle and hard and doesn't open well, and those patients can go into heart failure, and a lot of them are just too sick for surgery."
  • "Lining the inner surface of the sclerotic is the second coat, the choroid."