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scler·o·ti·za·tion

(sklĕr′ə-tĭ-zā′shən)

The process by which the cuticle of an arthropod is hardened by cross-linked sclerotin.

[Greek sklērotēs, hardness (from sklēros, hard) + -ization.]

scler′o·tize′ (-tīz′) v.

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sclerotize

(ˈsklɛrəˌtaɪz) or

sclerotise

(Zoology) (tr; usually passive) zoology to harden and darken (an insect's cuticle)

ˌsclerotiˈzation, ˌsclerotiˈsation n

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sclerotize

Past participle: sclerotized
Gerund: sclerotizing

Imperative
sclerotize
sclerotize

Present
I sclerotize
you sclerotize
he/she/it sclerotizes
we sclerotize
you sclerotize
they sclerotize

Preterite
I sclerotized
you sclerotized
he/she/it sclerotized
we sclerotized
you sclerotized
they sclerotized

Present Continuous
I am sclerotizing
you are sclerotizing
he/she/it is sclerotizing
we are sclerotizing
you are sclerotizing
they are sclerotizing

Present Perfect
I have sclerotized
you have sclerotized
he/she/it has sclerotized
we have sclerotized
you have sclerotized
they have sclerotized

Past Continuous
I was sclerotizing
you were sclerotizing
he/she/it was sclerotizing
we were sclerotizing
you were sclerotizing
they were sclerotizing

Past Perfect
I had sclerotized
you had sclerotized
he/she/it had sclerotized
we had sclerotized
you had sclerotized
they had sclerotized

Future
I will sclerotize
you will sclerotize
he/she/it will sclerotize
we will sclerotize
you will sclerotize
they will sclerotize

Future Perfect
I will have sclerotized
you will have sclerotized
he/she/it will have sclerotized
we will have sclerotized
you will have sclerotized
they will have sclerotized

Future Continuous
I will be sclerotizing
you will be sclerotizing
he/she/it will be sclerotizing
we will be sclerotizing
you will be sclerotizing
they will be sclerotizing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been sclerotizing
you have been sclerotizing
he/she/it has been sclerotizing
we have been sclerotizing
you have been sclerotizing
they have been sclerotizing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been sclerotizing
you will have been sclerotizing
he/she/it will have been sclerotizing
we will have been sclerotizing
you will have been sclerotizing
they will have been sclerotizing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been sclerotizing
you had been sclerotizing
he/she/it had been sclerotizing
we had been sclerotizing
you had been sclerotizing
they had been sclerotizing

Conditional
I would sclerotize
you would sclerotize
he/she/it would sclerotize
we would sclerotize
you would sclerotize
they would sclerotize

Past Conditional
I would have sclerotized
you would have sclerotized
he/she/it would have sclerotized
we would have sclerotized
you would have sclerotized
they would have sclerotized