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SCLEROTIZED [1 record]

Record 1 2000-02-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
DEF

Hardened through sclerotization.

OBS

sclerotization: Hardening of the cuticle involving the development of crosslinks between protein chains.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
DEF

Tégument de l'insecte durci en aires définies par le dépôt ou la formation, dans l'exocuticule, de substances autres que la chitine [...]

OBS

Le terme «chitinisé» est impropre.

Key term(s)
  • scléritisé

Spanish

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