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sclerotic(dictionary)
Sclerotic(medicine)
sclerotic teeth(medicine)
sclerotic stomach(medicine)
sclerotic kidney(medicine)
sclerotic gastritis(medicine)
sclerotic dentin(medicine)
sclerotic coat(medicine)
sclerotic bodies(medicine)

sclerotic dentin (medicine) and fraction (iou)


sclerotic dentin (medicine)


sclerotic dentin
Dentin characterised by calcification of the dentinal tubules as a result of injury or normal aging.

Synonym: transparent dentin.


fraction (iou)



fraction noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French from Christian Latin fractio(n-) breaking (as of bread), from Latin fract- pa. ppl stem of frangere break: see -ION.]
Math. A numerical quantity that is not a whole number; one or more aliquot parts of a unit or whole number; any quantity expressed as a numerator (written above a horizontal line) divided by a denominator (written below the line); a small proportion or (loosely) amount. LME.
continued fraction, decimal fraction, improper fraction, proper fraction, vulgar fraction, etc.
L. A. G. Strong Walter tried a masse shot, and missed by the fraction of an inch. B. Bainbridge It skimmed the air a fraction above Adolf's head.
a. The dividing of bread in the Eucharist. LME.
b. gen. The action of breaking or disrupting; (formerly) refraction. Now rare or obsolete. M16.
O. Feltham When the Affections are glewed to the world, Death makes not a Dissolution, but a Fraction.
The result of breaking; the state of being broken; a fracture, a breach, a fissure. LME-L18.
An interruption of harmony; discord; a breach of the peace; a rupture. E16-L18.
A thing broken off; a disconnected portion; a small piece. Now rare. E17.
A portion of a one-square-mile section of undeveloped land. US. L18.
Each of the portions, differing in physical or chemical properties, into which a mixture may be separated by distillation or another process. M19.
An organized group of Communists within a non-Communist body such as a trade union; any deviant or schismatic group. E20.