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sclerogenous (comparative more sclerogenous, superlative most sclerogenous)

1. (anatomy) Making or secreting a hard substance; becoming hard.
   • 1872, H. Pocklington, “Pareira. Microscopical Characters”, in Year-book of Pharmacy, page 23:

     Their centre is porous, as may be seen if the colouring matter with which they are usually filled be removed, the pores pasing through the very thick layers of sclerogenous deposits, and communicating with the contiguous cells.

   • 1877 November 10, M. Planchon, “Hoang-Nan Bark”, in The Pharmaceutical Journal and Transactions, volume 8, page 364:

     In the outermost rows of this zone are a large number of sclerogenous cells, forming isolated groups; these occur here and there, but less numerously, in the remainder of the zone.

   • 1888 September 22, William Kirkby, “Note on Insect Powder”, in Transactions of the Pharmaceutical Meetings, volume 19, page 240:

     In a powder which should contain only the foregoing histological elements, any admixture of mineral matters, starches or starch-bearing tissues, sclerogenous or libriform tissues , epidermal tissues bearing hairs or glands, acicular raphides and most crystal-bearing tissues, should be distinguished without much difficulty.

   sclerogenous cell

2. Characterized by or causing a hardening of tissue.
   • 1901, M. L. Lambert, “Special Translations: Treatment of Cancer”, in International Medical Magazine, volume 10, page 745:

     This method, founded as everyone knows upon the irritant and sclerogenous properties of zinc chlorid, presents the inconvenience of being applicable only to superficial tumors and may set up lesions from irritation more or less distant from the cancer area

   • 1958, Calcutta. School of Tropical Medicine, Bulletin - Volume 6, page 177:

     This observation is based on the minute histopathological study of 48 cases of Botkin's disseas and 102 cases of sclerogenous hepatitis .

   • 1995, William J. Rea, Chemical Sensitivity: Clinical Manifestation - Volume 3, page 1333:

     O₂ deficiency is the main sclerogenous noxae that triggers the nonspecific mesenchyme reaction discovered and described by Hauss.

   sclerogenous hepatitis