sclerotic

1. 1.

   relating to or having sclerosis; hardened

   “a sclerotic patient”

   Synonymssclerosed
2. 2.

   of or relating to the sclera of the eyeball

   “sclerotic tissue”

Questions about sclerotic

What does sclerotic mean?

sclerotic means "relating to or having sclerosis; hardened". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sclerotic?

sclerotic has 3 syllables and divides as scle-ro-tic under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for sclerotic?

Close synonyms include sclerosed. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.