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scleritic

scleritic adjective: having or relating to scleritis.

Adjective (1)

scleritic (not comparable)

  1. Having or relating to scleritis.
    • A scleritic or episcleritic infiltration is first found in a part adjacent to the cornea.1889, Hermann Schmidt-Rimpler, Ophthalmology and ophthalmoscopy, page 414

Adjective (2)

scleritic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to a sclerite.
    • One feature that has apparently been overlooked is the presence of scleritic processes in the atriolum.1940, Allan Frost Archer, The Argiopidae Or Orb-weaving Spiders of Alabama, page 18

Origin of scleritic

From scleritis + -ic.

From sclerite + -ic.

Words formed from scleritic

  • episcleritic

Questions about scleritic

What does scleritic mean?
Scleritic means having or relating to scleritis.
What part of speech is scleritic?
Scleritic is an adjective.

Words near scleritic in the dictionary

  1. sclerified
  2. sclerine
  3. sclerines
  4. sclerite
  5. sclerites
  6. scleritic
  7. scleritis
  8. scleritome
  9. scleritomes
  10. sclero-
  11. scleroatrophic

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