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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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sclera

(ˈsklɪərə)
n
(Anatomy) the firm white fibrous membrane that forms the outer covering of the eyeball. Also called: sclerotic
[C19: from New Latin, from Greek sklēros hard]
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scle•ra

(ˈsklɪər ə)

n., pl. -ras.
a dense, white, fibrous membrane that, with the cornea, forms the external covering of the eyeball.
[1885–90; < New Latin < Greek sklērá (feminine) hard]
scle′ral, adj.
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scle·ra

(sklîr′ə)
The tough, white, fibrous tissue that covers all of the eyeball except the cornea.
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sclera

The white outer coat of the eyeball.
Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group Copyright © 2008 by Diagram Visual Information Limited
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.sclera - the whitish fibrous membrane (albuginea) that with the cornea forms the outer covering and protection of the eyeballsclera - the whitish fibrous membrane (albuginea) that with the cornea forms the outer covering and protection of the eyeball
eye, oculus, optic - the organ of sight
albuginea - whitish tunic
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Translations

scle·ra

n. esclerótica, parte blanca del ojo compuesta de tejido fibroso.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

sclera

n (pl -rae) esclerótica
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References in periodicals archive ?
Which part of the human body has a protective layer called the sclera? 10.
Which four-letter word, beginning with "U", is the pigmented layer of the eye, lying beneath the sclera and cornea, and comprising the iris, choroid and ciliary body?
Ophthalmic neuroimaging findings in IIH reflect the mechanical deformations of the optic nerve sheath, lamina cribrosa, and posterior sclera due to increased CSF pressure transferred through the intraorbital optic nerve, and these findings are generally reported based on subjective radiologic interpretations in studies (18,22,23).
Scleral lenses fit underneath the top and bottom lid and the lens rests on the tough, white part of the eye, the sclera, rather than on the cornea.
The higher its concentration, the darker the blue staining [12,13]; therefore, the use of GNP is limited to the white sclera [14].
The patients showed the signs of ocular lesions associated with plaque formation on the cornea and sclera and papilloma formation on the lateral limbus of eye.
These stem cells come from a bank in the limbus - the border of the cornea and the white part of the eye, which is known as the sclera.
But in the case of Vin, 'he has blue sclera or what they call as congenital albinism," Martinez added.
Images in the sagittal plane were considered ideal and were included in the study when the B-mode image showed the lens maximal diameter and all the ocular surfaces aligned symmetrically along the central optical axis and when vector A-mode peaks for both lens capsules and the posterior sclera were maximal (Fig 2).
The injuries were sustained during the administration of peribulbar blocks, a technique whereby anesthesia is applied by needle injection around the sclera of the eye.
While the authors found that female patients with RA had a thinner sclera compared to healthy subjects, there was no difference for corneal, choroidal and foveal thickness.