sclera (redirected from sclerae)

scle·ra  (sklîr)

n.

The tough white fibrous outer envelope of tissue covering all of the eyeball except the cornea. Also called sclerotic, sclerotic coat.

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[New Latin, from Greek, feminine of sklros, hard.]

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scleral adj.

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sclera [skleer-a]

Noun

Biol the tough white substance that forms the outer covering of the eyeball [Greek sklēros hard]

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sclera  (sklîr)

The tough, white, fibrous tissue that covers all of the eyeball except the cornea.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

sclera - the whitish fibrous membrane (albuginea) that with the cornea forms the outer covering and protection of the eyeball sclerotic coat eye, oculus, optic - the organ of sight albuginea - whitish tunic