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scleroid

[skleer-oid, skler-]
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adjective Biology.
  1. hard or indurated.

Origin of scleroid

First recorded in 1855–60; scler- + -oid
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  • Associated words: scleroid, enucleate, enucleation, inenucleable.

    Putnam's Word Book

    Louis A. Flemming

British Dictionary definitions for scleroid

scleroid

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

scleroid

(sklîr′oid′)
adj.
  1. Hard or hardened.
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