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sclerotized
[ skleer-uh-tahyzd, skler- ]
adjective
- (especially of the cuticle of an arthropod) hardened by the presence of substances other than chitin, as by scleroproteins, waxes, or calcium salts.
- Pathology. sclerosed.
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