Sclerotic

(skle-ro f-ik). I. Hard, indurated;pertaining to the outer coat of the eye. 2. Related to or derived from ergot. S. Arteritis. See Arteriosclerosis and End arteritis. S. Coat. See Sclerotic a . S. Endocarditis, a hyperplasia of the fibrillar layer of ihe endocardium. It may be a regenerative proce following infarcts, absce es, or wounds of the heart which implicate the endocardium; it may be a termination of acute endocarditis; it may (and this is the commonest form) be a chronic inflammation from the beginning, occurring as a part of a general vascular sclerosis. The last form affects especially the valves, and leads either to insufficiency or to obstruction of the valvular orifice. In the early stages it presents itself as a slight thickening; this increases in extent; the new ti ue undergoes fatty degeneration (atheroma); eventually calcareous matter and. occasionally, cholesterin are deposited. S. Myocarditis, a hyperplasia of the connective ti ue of the myocardium. It may be a reparative proce following wounds, infarcts, or absce of the heart-wall, or it may be a diffuse chronic proce , the heart participating in a general vascular sclerosis. S. Parenchyma, in biology, hardened parenchyma, as the grit-cells of pears.