sclerotize

scler·o·ti·za·tion

S0152300 (sklĕr′ə-tĭ-zā′shən)n. 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.

(ˈsklɛrəˌtaɪz) or

vb (Zoology) (tr; usually passive) zoology to harden and darken (an insect's cuticle) ˌsclerotiˈzation, ˌsclerotiˈsation n

Past participle: sclerotized
Gerund: sclerotizing

Imperative	sclerotizesclerotize

Present	I sclerotizeyou sclerotizehe/she/it sclerotizeswe sclerotizeyou sclerotizethey sclerotize

Preterite	I sclerotizedyou sclerotizedhe/she/it sclerotizedwe sclerotizedyou sclerotizedthey sclerotized

Present Continuous	I am sclerotizingyou are sclerotizinghe/she/it is sclerotizingwe are sclerotizingyou are sclerotizingthey are sclerotizing

Present Perfect	I have sclerotizedyou have sclerotizedhe/she/it has sclerotizedwe have sclerotizedyou have sclerotizedthey have sclerotized

Past Continuous	I was sclerotizingyou were sclerotizinghe/she/it was sclerotizingwe were sclerotizingyou were sclerotizingthey were sclerotizing

Past Perfect	I had sclerotizedyou had sclerotizedhe/she/it had sclerotizedwe had sclerotizedyou had sclerotizedthey had sclerotized

Future	I will sclerotizeyou will sclerotizehe/she/it will sclerotizewe will sclerotizeyou will sclerotizethey will sclerotize

Future Perfect	I will have sclerotizedyou will have sclerotizedhe/she/it will have sclerotizedwe will have sclerotizedyou will have sclerotizedthey will have sclerotized

Future Continuous	I will be sclerotizingyou will be sclerotizinghe/she/it will be sclerotizingwe will be sclerotizingyou will be sclerotizingthey will be sclerotizing

Present Perfect Continuous	I have been sclerotizingyou have been sclerotizinghe/she/it has been sclerotizingwe have been sclerotizingyou have been sclerotizingthey have been sclerotizing

Future Perfect Continuous	I will have been sclerotizingyou will have been sclerotizinghe/she/it will have been sclerotizingwe will have been sclerotizingyou will have been sclerotizingthey will have been sclerotizing

Past Perfect Continuous	I had been sclerotizingyou had been sclerotizinghe/she/it had been sclerotizingwe had been sclerotizingyou had been sclerotizingthey had been sclerotizing

Conditional	I would sclerotizeyou would sclerotizehe/she/it would sclerotizewe would sclerotizeyou would sclerotizethey would sclerotize

Past Conditional	I would have sclerotizedyou would have sclerotizedhe/she/it would have sclerotizedwe would have sclerotizedyou would have sclerotizedthey would have sclerotized