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sclera

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scle⋅ra

  [skleer-uh]
–noun Anatomy.
a dense, white, fibrous membrane that, with the cornea, forms the external covering of the eyeball.
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Origin:
1885–90; < NL < Gk sklērá (fem.) hard
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scle·ra   (sklîr'ə)   
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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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: sclera
Pronunciation: 'skler-&
Function: noun
: the dense fibrous opaque white outer coat enclosing the eyeball except the part covered by thecornea called also sclerotic, sclerotic coat
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sclera scle·ra (sklēr'ə)
n. pl. scle·ras or scle·rae (sklēr'ē)
The tough fibrous tunic forming the outer envelope of the eye and covering all of the eyeball except the cornea; the white of the eye. Also called sclerotic.

scle'ral adj.

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Science Dictionary
sclera   (sklîr'ə)  Pronunciation Key 
The tough, white, fibrous tissue that covers all of the eyeball except the cornea.
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