sclerotic
adjective
uk/skləˈrɒt.ɪk/us/skləˈrɑː.t̬ɪk/scleroticadjective(hard)
medicalspecialized
affectedbysclerosis(= amedicalconditionin whichbodytissueororgansbecomeharder):
（身体组织或器官）硬化的scleroticarteries动脉硬化
- Thecoronaryarterieswere sclerotic anddiffuselynarrowedthroughouttheircourses.
- Wediscussedher husband's scleroticliver.
- Inourpatient,painfulscleroticskinchangeson theextremitiesand macroglossia were thepresentingfeatures.
- Theskinmay be erythematous and sclerotic.
- Histopathologyrevealedscleroticchangesof thecoronaryartery.
Disorders & diseases of the heart & blood
- acquired agammaglobulinemia
- agammaglobulinemia
- agnogenic myeloid metaplasia
- angina
- anti-anaemia
- dilated cardiomyopathy
- Ebstein's anomaly
- economy-class syndrome
- Eisenmenger syndrome
- endocarditis
- fur
- haemophilia
- lockjaw
- non-haemolytic
- paediatric thrombocytopenia
- patent ductus arteriosus
- pericarditis
- peripheral vascular disease
- Raynaud's disease
- varicose vein
scleroticadjective(slow to change)
disapproving
nothappening,developing, orchangingquicklyenough:
停滞的Thetaxcutsaredesignedtobringgrowthto a scleroticeconomy.减税旨在带动已停滞的经济发展。
- Here, theparamountproblemwasn't the scleroticpaceofresearch, but alackofpublicawareness.
- youth-ledproteststhattoppledscleroticgovernments
- Restructuring doesn'tautomaticallyturna scleroticorganizationinto aflexibleone.
- They weretryingtoshakeup acorporateculturethat waswidelyviewedas sclerotic.
Failing and doing badly
- abjectly
- at-risk
- backbencher
- balls(something)up
- be on your beam endsidiom
- blow
- bomb
- collapse
- fall to piecesidiom
- fight a losing battleidiom
- flog
- flog a dead horseidiom
- flop
- founder
- rebound
- rot
- running on emptyidiom
- screw
- smoke
- the rot sets inidiom
See
sclerosis