scleroid

[ skleer-oid, skler- ]

adjectiveBiology.
  1. hard or indurated.

Origin of scleroid

1
First recorded in 1855–60; scler- + -oid

Words Nearby scleroid

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How to use scleroid in a sentence

  • 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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