Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
SCLEROTIC
sclerotic
(adjective) of or relating to the sclera of the eyeball; “sclerotic tissue”
sclerotic, sclerosed
(adjective) relating to or having sclerosis; hardened; “a sclerotic patient”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
sclerotic (not comparable)
Of or relating to the sclera.
Having or relating to sclerosis.
Of or relating to sclerotium.
Hard and insular.
Noun
sclerotic (plural sclerotics)
(anatomy) The sclerotic coat of the eye, cornea.
Source: Wiktionary
Scle*rot"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. sclérotique.]
1. Hard; firm; indurated; -- applied especially in anatomy to the firm outer coat of the eyeball, which is often cartilaginous and sometimes bony.
2. (Anat.)
Definition: Of or pertaining to the sclerotic coat of the eye; sclerotical.
3. (Med.) Affected with sclerosis; sclerosed. Sclerotic parenchyma (Bot.), sclerenchyma. By some writers a distinction is made, sclerotic parenchyma being applied to tissue composed of cells with the walls hardened but not thickened, and sclerenchyma to tissue composed of cells with the walls both hardened and thickened.
Scle*rot"ic, n. Etym: [Cf. F. sclérotique.] (Anat.)
Definition: The sclerotic coat of the eye. See Illust. of Eye (d).
Scle*rot"ic, a. (Chem.)
Definition: Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from ergot or the sclerotium of a fungus growing on rye.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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