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scle·ra 
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Audio Help [skleer-uh] Pronunciation Key –noun Anatomy.
| a dense, white, fibrous membrane that, with the cornea, forms the external covering of the eyeball. |
[Origin: 1885–90; < NL < Gk sklérá (fem.) hard]
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Sclera
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| scle·ra
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n. The tough white fibrous outer envelope of tissue covering all of the eyeball except the cornea. Also called sclerotic, sclerotic coat. [New Latin, from Greek, feminine of sklēros, hard.] scle'ral adj. |
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| sclera | |
noun | |
| the whitish fibrous membrane (albuginea) that with the cornea forms the outer covering and protection of the eyeball |
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| sclera
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The tough, white, fibrous tissue that covers all of the eyeball except the cornea. |
| The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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