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sclerotome

sclerotome noun: a knife used in sclerotomy.

Noun

sclerotome (plural sclerotomes)

  1. A knife used in sclerotomy
  2. A segmented mass of mesenchymal tissue, in a somite, that develops into the ribs

sclerotome meaning in Tamil

sclerotome in Tamil

குடற் புழு இயல்

Forms of sclerotome

pluralsclerotomes

Origin of sclerotome

From sclero- + -tome.

Questions about sclerotome

What does sclerotome mean?
Sclerotome means a knife used in sclerotomy.
What is sclerotome in Tamil?
Sclerotome in Tamil is குடற் புழு இயல். See Sclerotome meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is sclerotome?
Sclerotome is a noun.
What is the plural of sclerotome?
The plural of sclerotome is sclerotomes.

Words near sclerotome in the dictionary

  1. sclerotized
  2. sclerotizes
  3. sclerotizing
  4. sclerotoid
  5. sclerotomal
  6. sclerotome
  7. sclerotomes
  8. sclerotomic
  9. sclerotomies
  10. sclerotomy
  11. sclerous

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sclerotome (page history and authors); sclerotome (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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