1. becoming rigid and unresponsive to change
2. relating to or affecting the sclera of the eye
Usage: medical
3. hardened or thickened, especially of body tissue
Usage: medical

Examples

• The company’s sclerotic management structure prevented innovation.
• Years of bureaucracy had made the organization sclerotic and slow to respond.
• The sclerotic political system resisted all attempts at reform.
• The doctor examined the patient’s sclerotic tissue under the microscope.
• Sclerotic changes in the blood vessels can indicate cardiovascular disease.
• The once-dynamic industry had become sclerotic over decades of regulation.