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scleroid

[skleer-oid, skler-] /ˈsklɪər ɔɪd, ˈsklɛr-/
adjective, Biology.
1.
hard or indurated.
Origin of scleroid
1855-1860
First recorded in 1855-60; scler- + -oid
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  • Associated words: scleroid, enucleate, enucleation, inenucleable.

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British Dictionary definitions for scleroid

scleroid

/ˈsklɪərɔɪd/
adjective
1.
(of organisms and their parts) hard or hardened
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scleroid in Medicine

scleroid scle·roid (sklēr'oid')
adj.
Hard or hardened.

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