early 15c., "pertaining to sclerosis," from medical Latin scleroticus, from Greek skleroun (see sclerosis). Figurative meaning "unchanging, rigid" is from 1961.
a sclerotic patient
sclerotic tissue
SCLC
sclera
sclero-
scleroderma
sclerosis
sclerotic
scoff
scoffer
scofflaw
scold
scolex
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