- SCLE
- subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus
Medical dictionary. 2011.
SCLE
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scle|ra — «SKLIHR uh», noun. = sclerotic coat. (Cf. ↑sclerotic coat) ╂[< New Latin sclera < Greek sklērós hard < skéllein to dry up] … Useful english dictionary
scle|re|id — «SKLIHR ee ihd», noun. Botany. a thickened, sclerotic cell; stone cell … Useful english dictionary
scle|ro|ma — «sklih ROH muh», noun, plural ma|ta « muh tuh». a hardening of body tissue. ╂[< New Latin scleroma < Greek skl ōma < sklērós hard (see etym. under sclera (Cf. ↑sclera)) + ōma a growth] … Useful english dictionary
scle|ro|ti|um — «sklih ROH shee uhm», noun, plural ti|a « shee uh». Botany. a tuberlike body of reserve food material that forms the mycelium of certain fungi. ╂[< New Latin sclerotium < Greek sklērótēs hardness < sklērós hard] … Useful english dictionary
scle — epi·scle·ri·tis; scle·ra; scle·ral; scle·ran·thus; scle·rec·to·my; scle·re·id; scle·re·ma; scle·ren·chy·ma; scle·ren·chym·a·tous; scle·ren·chyme; scle·ret·i·nite; scle·ria; scle·ri·fi·ca·tion; scle·ri·fy; scle·rite; scle·ri·tis; scle·ro·base;… … English syllables
scle|ren|chym|a|tous — «SKLIHR ehng KIHM uh tuhs», adjective. of or like sclerenchyma: »sclerenchymatous tissue, a sclerenchymatous polyp … Useful english dictionary
scle|ren|chy|ma — «sklih REHNG kuh muh», noun. Botany. nonliving plant tissue composed of thickened and hardened cells from which the protoplasm has disappeared. It is found chiefly as a strengthening and protecting tissue in the stem and in such hard parts of… … Useful english dictionary
scle|ri|a|sis — «sklih RY uh sihs», noun. 1. a hardening of body tissue. 2. = scleroderma. (Cf. ↑scleroderma) ╂[< New Latin scleriasis < Greek sklēríāsis < sklērós hard; see etym. under sclera (Cf. ↑sclera)] … Useful english dictionary
scle|rite — «SKLIHR yt», noun. Zoology. a chitinous or calcareous plate, spicule, or the like, of an invertebrate animal, especially one of the plates of the exoskeleton of a grasshopper or similar arthropod. ╂[< Greek sklērós hard + English ite1] … Useful english dictionary
scle|rit|ic — «sklih RIHT ihk», adjective. 1. of or like a sclerite; hardened or chitinized. 2. of or having to do with scleritis … Useful english dictionary
scle|ri|tis — «sklih RY tihs», noun. inflammation of the sclerotic coat of the eyeball … Useful english dictionary
