Meanings
scleritic1
adjectivescleritic (not comparable)
- not comparableHaving or relating to scleritis.
A scleritic or episcleritic infiltration is first found in a part adjacent to the cornea.
1889, Hermann Schmidt-Rimpler, Ophthalmology and ophthalmoscopy, page 414
scleritic2
adjectivescleritic (not comparable)
- not comparableRelating to a sclerite.
One feature that has apparently been overlooked is the presence of scleritic processes in the atriolum.
1940, Allan Frost Archer, The Argiopidae Or Orb-weaving Spiders of Alabama, page 18
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