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sclerotal

/skləˈɹəʊtəl/

sclerotal adjective: sclerotic.

Adjective

sclerotal (not comparable)

  1. sclerotic

Noun

sclerotal (plural sclerotals)

  1. The optic capsule; the sclerotic coat of the eye.
    • The optic capsule , or sclerotal, […]like the acoustic capsule , is cartilaginous in Plagiostomes1866, Richard Owen, Anatomy of Vertebrates

Forms of sclerotal

pluralsclerotals

Questions about sclerotal

What does sclerotal mean?
Sclerotal means sclerotic.
What part of speech is sclerotal?
Sclerotal can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce sclerotal?
Sclerotal is pronounced /skləˈɹəʊtəl/.

Words near sclerotal in the dictionary

  1. sclerosponges
  2. sclerosteosis
  3. sclerostin
  4. sclerostomies
  5. sclerostomy
  6. sclerotal
  7. sclerotals
  8. sclerote
  9. sclerotes
  10. sclerotherapeutic
  11. sclerotherapies

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