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SCLAVO'NIAN,

SCLEROT'IC, adjective [Gr. hard; hardness.]

Hard; firm; as the sclerotic coat or tunicle of the eye.

SCLEROT'IC, noun

1. The firm white outer coat of the eye.

2. A medicine which hardens and consolidates the parts to which it is applied.