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Sclera

//ˈsklɛəɹə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The white of the eye; the tough outer coat of the eye that covers the eyeball except for the cornea.

    "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."

  2. 2
    the whitish fibrous membrane (albuginea) that with the cornea forms the outer covering and protection of the eyeball wordnet

Etymology

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

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