sclera

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σκληρός (sklēros, “hard”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪərə

Noun

Wikipedia sclera (plural scleras or sclerae or scleræ)

1. (anatomy) The white of the eye. It is the tough outer coat of the eye that covers the eyeball except for the cornea.

Synonyms

• sclerotic
• sclerotic coat

Derived terms

scleral scleritis

scleralization

Translations

white of the eye

• Finnish: silmänvalkuainen (fi)
• Greek: σκληρός χιτώνας (el) (sklirós chitónas) m, (colloquial) ασπράδι (el) (asprádi) n
• Italian: sclera (it) f

• Latvian: sklēra (lv) f, acs baltums (lv) m
• Polish: twardówka (pl) f
• Russian: склера (ru) (skléra) f
• Serbo-Croatian: beonjača (sh) f
• Turkish: göz akı (tr), sert kat (tr), sert tabaka (tr)

Anagrams

• clears
• lacers
• sarcle
• scaler

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Italian

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Noun

sclera f (plural sclere)

1. (anatomy) sclera

Related terms

• sclerale
• sclerite
• sclerotico

Verb

sclera

1. third-person singular present indicative of sclerare
2. second-person singular imperative of sclerare