different between sclerosis vs sclerotic

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????????? (skl?r?sis, “an induration”), from *???????? (skl?roûn, “to harden, indurate”), from ??????? (skl?rós, “hard”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skl?????s?s/
• Rhymes: -??s?s

Noun

sclerosis (countable and uncountable, plural scleroses)

1. (pathology) The abnormal hardening of body tissues, such as an artery.
2. Inability to create change.

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Related terms

• sclera

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Further reading

• sclerosis in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• sclerosis in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /skl????t?k/

  Rhymes: -?t?k

Adjective

sclerotic (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to the sclera.
2. Having or relating to sclerosis.
3. Of or relating to sclerotium.
4. Hard and insular.
   • 2018: "How to Turn a Red State Purple" by Mark Oppenheimer, Politico

     Most state parties--Democrat or Republican--are sclerotic and dutiful, and little help to local candidates.

   sclerotic bureaucracy

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Translations

Noun

sclerotic (plural sclerotics)

1. (anatomy) The sclerotic coat of the eye, cornea.

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Interlingua

Adjective

sclerotic (not comparable)

1. sclerotic

Related terms

• sclerosis