SCLEROTIZED definitions

sclerotized

In nematodes: Hardened refractive regions.
Found on http://ppathw3.cals.cornell.edu/glossary/Defs_S.htm

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sclerotized

Hardened.
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21387

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sclerotized

a hardened area of the skin.
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/22036

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Sclerotized

Hardened especially by the formation of sclerotin: an insoluble tanned protein permeating and stiffening the chitin of the cuticle of arthropods.
Found on http://www.geog.ubc.ca/biodiversity/efauna/InsectGlossary.html

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Sclerotized

Hardened or horny; not flexible or membranous.
Found on http://www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/Spiders/Spiderglossary.htm

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