sclera
Pronunciations (3)
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/ˈsklɛəɹə/
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/ˈsklɪəɹə/
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/ˈsklɛrə/
Pronunciation notes
- US
Noun
The white of the eye; the tough outer coat of the eye that covers the eyeball except for the cornea.
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More examples (2)
She'd been back a week and it was clear that college-level track was kicking her ass, the sclera in her normally wide manga-eyes were shot through with blood vessels.
Such pressures explain why humans are peculiar in having our rather small irises set against a white background—the sclera—in our eyes. Anyone watching us can infer where we are looking or whom we are looking at.
Noun
the whitish fibrous membrane (albuginea) that with the cornea forms the outer covering and protection of the eyeball
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sclerasscleraescleræ