sclerotitisn.
/sklɪərəʊˈtʌɪtɪs/ Pathology.
Inflammation of the sclerotica.
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1829 S. Cooper Good's Study Med. (ed. 3) II. 550 Sclerotic inflammation, or sclerotitis, as it is frequently termed.
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. III. 68 The affections of the eye in gonorrhœal rheumatism..take the form of conjunctivitis, or sclerotitis, and iritis.
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