Sclera

sklē′ra, n. the sclerotic coat of the eye-ball.— n. Sclē′ragogy , severe discipline.— adj. Sclē′ral .— ns. Sclēran′thus , a genus of apetalous plants, including the knawel or German knot-gra ; Sclere , in sponges, a skeletal element; Sclērench′yma , the hard parts of corals or plants.— adj. Sclerenchym′atous .— ns. Sclē′ria , a genus of monocotyledonous plants, of the sedge family; Sclerī′as is , sclerodermia; Sclē′rite , any hard part of the integument of arthropods.— adj. Sclerit′ic .— n. Sclē′robase , a dense corneous ma , as in red coral.— adj. Sclerobā′sic .— ns. Sclērobrā′chia , an order of brachiopods; Sclē′roderm , hardened integument or exo-skeleton, esp. of a coral: a madrepore.— n.pl. Scleroder′mat a , the scaly reptiles: the madrepores.— n. Sclēroder′mia , a chronic non-inflammatory affection of the skin, which becomes thick and rigid.— adjs. Scleroder′mic , Scleroder′mous , Scleroderm it′ic .— ns. Scleroder′mite ; Sclē′rogen , the thickening matter of woody cells, as in walnut-shells, .— adjs. Sclerog′enous , producing sclerous ti ue: mail-cheeked, as a fish; Sclē′roid , hard, scleritic.— ns. Sclērō′ma , sclerosis; Sclēromē′ninx , the dura mater; Sclērom′eter , an instrument for measuring the hardne of a mineral.— adjs. Sclērō′sal , Sclē′rosed .— ns. Sclērō′sis , a hardening: ( bot. ) the induration of a ti ue; Sclēros′tom a , a genus of nematode worms; Sclērō′tal , a bone of the eye-ball.— adj. relating to such.— adj. Sclērot′ic , hard, firm, applied esp. to the outer membrane of the eye-ball: pertaining to sclerosis: relating to ergot.— n. the outermost membrane of the eye-ball.— ns. Sclērotī′tis , inflammation of the sclerotic; Sclērō′tium , a hard, multicellular tuber-like body formed towards the end of the vegetative season by the close union of the ordinary mycelial filaments of Fungi.— adjs. Sclē′rous , hard or indurated: o ified or bony; Sclērur′ine , having stiff, hard tail-feathers, as a bird of the genus Sclerurus . [Gr. sklēros , hard.]