SCLEROTIC

PRONUNCIATION:
(skluh-ROT-ik)


MEANING:
adjective:
1. Hard, rigid, slow to adapt or respond.
2. Relating to or affected with sclerosis, an abnormal hardening of a tissue or part.
3. Of or relating to the sclera, the white fibrous outer layer of the eyeball.


ETYMOLOGY:
From Greek skleros (hard). Earliest documented use: 1543.

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SCLEROTICA - X-rated pictures of eyeballs (some people's eyes can be pretty sexy...)