What does "sclera" mean?

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

What is a synonym for "sclera"?

Common synonyms include: banjo eyes, eye, eyeball, goggle eyes, iris, lens.

/ˈsklɛəɹə/ noun

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Noun

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

"The choroid is a highly vascularised, darkly pigmented layer found in between the retina and the sclera of the eye."

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