See Also: sclerotome(medicine)
sclerotome(dictionary)

sclerotome (iou)



sclerotome noun. M19.
[from SCLERO- + -TOME.]
Anatomy & Zoology. Each of the series of segments of the embryonic mesoderm which give rise to the vertebral column and associated structures. M19.
Surgery. A knife used in sclerotomy. rare. L19.
sclero'tomal adjective = sclerotomic L20.
sclero'tomic adjective (Anatomy & Zoology) of or pertaining to a sclerotome or sclerotomes L19.