Sclerotic is an adjective describing something hard, rigid, and slow to adapt or respond, or relating to the abnormal hardening of tissue.
Sclerotic es un adjetivo que describe algo duro, rígido y lento para adaptarse o responder, o relacionado con el endurecimiento de tejidos.
| Back | sclerotic /skluh-ROT-ik/ |
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| Front | adjective 1. Hard, rigid, slow to adapt or respond. 2. Relating to or affected with sclerosis, an abnormal hardening of a tissue or part. 3. Of or relating to the sclera, the white fibrous outer layer of the eyeball. [From Greek skleros (hard). Earliest documented use: 1543.] "It was getting to be late in the afternoon, and the traffic was crabby and sclerotic." - Miss Wyoming; Douglas Coupland; Random House; 2000. "This group decided that if the government bureaucracy had grown so sclerotic, it was time for a small, professional group of private citizens to give attention to delicate problems of the world." - Gene Coyle; Diamonds and Deceit; AuthorHouse; 2011. |
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