SCLERIASIS Scle*ri"a*sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. gr. (Med.) (a) A morbid induration of the edge of the eyelid. (b) Induration of any part, including scleroderma.
SCLERITE
Scle"rite, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A hard chitinous or calcareous process or corpuscle, especially a spicule of the Alcyonaria.
SCLERITIS
Scle*ri"tis, n. Etym: [NL.]
Defn: See Sclerottis.
SCLEROBASE
Scler"o*base ( or ), n. Etym: [Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The calcareous or hornlike coral forming the central stem or
axis of most compound alcyonarians; — called also foot secretion.
See Illust. under Gorgoniacea, and Coenenchyma.
— Scler`o*ba"sic, a.
SCLERODERM Scler"o*derm ( or ; 277), n. Etym: [Gr. scléroderme.] (a) (Zoöl.) One of a tribe of plectognath fishes (Sclerodermi) having the skin covered with hard scales, or plates, as the cowfish and the trunkfish. (b) One of the Sclerodermata. (c) Hardened, or bony, integument of various animals.
SCLERODERMA
Scler`o*der"ma, n. Etym: [NL.] (Med.)
Defn: A disease of adults, characterized by a diffuse rigidity and hardness of the skin.