Dictionary entry

Sclerotome

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Scler″o‐tome (sklĕr″ō̍‐tōm or sklēr″ō̍‐tōm), n. [Gr. σκληρόσ hard + τέμνειν to cut.] (Zoöl.) One of the bony, cartilaginous, or membranous partitions which separate the myotomes. — Scler′o‐tom″ic (#), a.