Sclerenchyma
(Scle*ren"chy*ma) n. [NL., from Gr. sklhro`s hard + -enchyma as in parenchyma.]
1. (Bot.) Vegetable tissue composed of short cells with thickened or hardened walls, as in nutshells
and the gritty parts of a pear. See Sclerotic.
By recent German writers and their English translators, this term is used for liber cells. Goodale.
2. (Zoöl.) The hard calcareous deposit in the tissues of Anthozoa, constituting the stony corals.
Sclerenchymatous
(Scler`en*chym"a*tous) a. (Bot. & Zoöl.) Pertaining to, or composed of, sclerenchyma.
Sclerenchyme
(Scle*ren"chyme) n. Sclerenchyma.
Scleriasis
(||Scle*ri"a*sis) n. [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.) A hard chitinous or calcareous process or corpuscle, especially a spicule
of the Alcyonaria.
Scleritis
(||Scle*ri"tis) n. [NL.] See Sclerotitis.
Sclerobase
(Scler"o*base) n. [Gr. sklhro`s hard + ba`sis base.] (Zoöl.) The calcareous or hornlike
coral forming the central stem or axis of most compound alcyonarians; — called also foot secretion.
See Illust. under Gorgoniacea, and Cœnenchyma. — Scler`o*ba"sic a.
Scleroderm
(Scler"o*derm) n. [Gr. sklhro`s hard + de`rma skin: cf. F. 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. [NL.] (Med.) A disease of adults, characterized by a diffuse rigidity
and hardness of the skin.
Sclerodermata
(||Scler`o*der"ma*ta) n. pl. [NL.] (Zoöl.) The stony corals; the Madreporaria.
Sclerodermic
(Scler`o*der"mic Scler`o*der"mous) , (Zoöl.) (a) Having the integument, or skin, hard, or
covered with hard plates. (b) Of or pertaining to the Sclerodermata.
Sclerodermite
(Scler`o*der"mite) n. (Zoöl.) (a) The hard integument of Crustacea. (b) Sclerenchyma.
Sclerogen
(Scler"o*gen) n. [Gr. sklhro`s hard + -gen.] (Bot.) The thickening matter of woody cells; lignin.
Sclerogenous
(Scle*rog"e*nous) a. [Gr. sklhro`s hard + -genous.] (Anat.) Making or secreting a hard
substance; becoming hard.
Scleroid
(Scle"roid) a. [Gr. sklhro`s hard + form.] (Bot.) Having a hard texture, as nutshells.
Scleroma
(||Scle*ro"ma) n. [NL., fr. Gr. sklhro`s hard + -oma.] (Med.) Induration of the tissues. See
Sclerema, Scleroderma, and Sclerosis.
Sclerometer
(Scle*rom"e*ter) n. [Gr. sklhro`s hard + -meter.] An instrument for determining with accuracy
the degree of hardness of a mineral.
