sclera

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σκληρός (sklērós, “hard”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪərə

Noun

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
• scleralization
• scleritis
• sclero-

 

Translations

white of the eye

• Arabic: بَيَاض اَلْعَيْن m (bayāḍ al-ʕayn)
• Dutch: oogwit (nl) n, sclera (nl) f
• Finnish: silmänvalkuainen (fi)
• Greek: σκληρός χιτώνας m (sklirós chitónas)

  Ancient: σφενδόνη f (sphendónē)

• Irish: gealacán m, gealacán súile m
• Italian: sclera (it) f
• Latvian: sklēra f, acs baltums m
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• Maori: teatea
• Polish: twardówka (pl) f
• Portuguese: esclera f
• Russian: скле́ра (ru) f (skléra)
• Serbo-Croatian: beonjača (sh) f
• Spanish: esclera f, esclerótica (es) f
• Swedish: sklera (sv), ögonvita (sv)
• Turkish: göz akı (tr), sert kat (tr), sert tabaka (tr)

Further reading

• sclera on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Casler, Clares, carles, clears, lacers, sarcel, sarcle, scaler

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Italian

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