"sclera" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsklɛəɹə/, /ˈsklɪəɹə/ Forms: scleras [plural], sclerae [plural], scleræ [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛəɹə, -ɪəɹə Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek σκληρός (sklērós, “hard”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|grc|σκληρός||hard}} Ancient Greek σκληρός (sklērós, “hard”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|sclerae|scleræ}} sclera (plural scleras or sclerae or scleræ)
  1. (anatomy) The white of the eye; the tough outer coat of the eye that covers the eyeball except for the cornea. Categories (topical): Anatomy Synonyms: sclerotic, sclerotic coat Derived forms: corneosclera, episclera, scleral, scleritis Related terms: scleralization, sclero- Translations (white of the eye): σφενδόνη (sphendónē) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), مُقْلَة (muqla) [feminine] (Arabic), بَيَاض اَلْعَيْن (bayāḍ al-ʕayn) [masculine] (Arabic), 鞏膜 (Chinese Mandarin), 巩膜 (gǒngmó) (Chinese Mandarin), oogwit [neuter] (Dutch), sclera [feminine] (Dutch), sklero (Esperanto), silmänvalkuainen (Finnish), Lederhaut [feminine] (German), Sklera [feminine] (German), σκληρός χιτώνας (sklirós chitónas) [masculine] (Greek), לֹבֶן הָעַיִן [masculine] (Hebrew), gealacán [masculine] (Irish), gealacán súile [masculine] (Irish), sclera [feminine] (Italian), sklēra [feminine] (Latvian), acs baltums [masculine] (Latvian), белка (belka) [feminine] (Macedonian), teatea (Maori), reqe [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), spîka çav [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), صُلبِیَّه (fa) (Persian), سَفِیدیِ چَشم (Persian), twardówka [feminine] (Polish), białkówka [feminine] (Polish), esclera [feminine] (Portuguese), скле́ра (skléra) [feminine] (Russian), beonjača [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), esclera [feminine] (Spanish), esclerótica [feminine] (Spanish), sklera (Swedish), ögonvita (Swedish), göz akı (Turkish), sert kat (Turkish), sert tabaka (Turkish), біло́к (bilók) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "skléra",
      "sense": "white of the eye",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "скле́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "white of the eye",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "beonjača"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "white of the eye",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "esclera"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "white of the eye",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "esclerótica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "white of the eye",
      "word": "sklera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "white of the eye",
      "word": "ögonvita"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "white of the eye",
      "word": "göz akı"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "white of the eye",
      "word": "sert kat"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "white of the eye",
      "word": "sert tabaka"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bilók",
      "sense": "white of the eye",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "біло́к"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sclera"
}
{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": sulbiyya vs. fa",
  "path": [
    "sclera"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "sclera",
  "trace": ""
}

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