Definition of Sclerous

1. a. Hard; indurated; sclerotic.

Definition of Sclerous

1. Adjective. (anatomy) hard; indurated; sclerotic ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sclerous

1. hardened [adj]

Medical Definition of Sclerous

1. Hard; indurated; sclerotic. Origin: Gr. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sclerous

sclerotium
sclerotium disease
sclerotium rot
sclerotization
sclerotizations
sclerotize
sclerotized
sclerotizes
sclerotizing
sclerotome
sclerotomes
sclerotomy
sclerotrichia
sclerotylosis
scleræ
scliff
scliffs
sclim
sclimmed
sclimming
sclims
scoat
scoated
scoating
scoats
scobberlotcher
scobberlotchers
scobby

Literary usage of Sclerous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte by Auguste Comte, Frederic Harrison (1896)
"... cartilaginous, and bony tissues, ranged by Bichat in their rational order, and named by M. Laurent, in their combination, „ . the sclerous tissue. ..."

2. The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte by Auguste Comte, Harriet Martineau (1875)
"... cartilaginous, and bony tissues, ranged by Bichat in their rational order, and named by M. Laurent, in their combination, the sclerous tissue. ..."

3. The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte by Auguste Comte, Harriet Martineau (1893)
"... and bony tissues, ranged by Bichat in their rational ' ' '"*"*• tion, the sclerous tissue. The different degrees of order, and named by M. Laurent, ..."

4. Lectures on the Diseases of the Nervous System: Delivered at La Salpêtrière by Jean Martin Charcot (1881)
"Localisation of lesions in the anterior cornua of grey substance. Secondary alterations; sclerous transformation of neuroglia ; foci of disintegration ..."

5. A Text-book of Mental Diseases: With Special Reference to the Pathological by William Bevan Lewis (1899)
"... Case—Implication of Clarke's Column—Immunity from Multiple Neuritis—Neurotic Heritage— Chronic Endarteritis—Fatty and sclerous Tendency—The Brain of the ..."

6. Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue of the Histological Series Contained by John Quekett (1850)
"sclerous or Hard Tissues. The solid framework forming the support of the digestive, locomotive and other systems ..."

7. Clinical Therapeutics: Lectures in Practical Medicine : the Treatment of by Dujardin-Beaumetz, Edward Payson Hurd (1885)
"... sclerous and Interstitial—Their Varieties—General Treatment—Blood-letting, Local and General—Revulsion—Utility of Revulsion—Experimental Researches on ..."

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