sclerotic

[skli-rot-ik]

adjective

1. Anatomy.,  Also of or relating to the sclera.

2. Pathology, Botany.,  pertaining to or affected with sclerosis.

sclerotic

/ sklɪəˈrɒtɪk /

adjective

1. of or relating to the sclera

2. of, relating to, or having sclerosis

3. botany characterized by the hardening and strengthening of cell walls

noun

1. another name for sclera

Other Word Forms

• subsclerotic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of sclerotic¹

1535–45; < New Latin sclērōticus of hardening, equivalent to Greek sklērṓt ( ēs ) hardness (derivative of sklērós hard; sclero- ) + New Latin -icus -ic

Word History and Origins

Origin of sclerotic¹

C16: from Medieval Latin sclērōticus, from Greek; see _scleroma

Example Sentences

That has left few options but raising taxes, which will hurt an already sclerotic economy.

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It’s vital to understand that the agency’s sclerotic procedures and glacially slow decision-making resulted not from the rampant waste, fraud and abuse alleged by Trumpists but in order to avoid those evils.

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God knows, having worked a whole career in government, I understood their critique of its baroque and sclerotic routines.

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"Repression of social problems by governments allow bureaucracies to rot and become sclerotic as the social pressure builds to the point where bureaucracies are exploded."

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It helped demolish billions in label revenue, forcing a sclerotic industry to re-assess its entire model.

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