sclera
pronunciation
How to pronounce sclera in British English:
UK ['sklɪerə]
How to pronounce sclera in American English:
US ['sklɪrə]
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- Noun:
- whitish fibrous membrane (albuginea) that with the cornea forms the outer covering of the eyeball
Word Origin
- sclera (n.)
- 1886, medical Latin, from Greek sklera (menix) "the hard (membrane)," fem. of skleros "hard" (see sclerosis).
Example
- 1. Solid red discolouration , sharply demarcated , on sclera .
- 2. Any full-thickness injury to the outer membranes of the eye ( cornea or sclera ) is considered an open globe .
- 3. Blunt trauma ruptures typically occur in areas where the sclera is thinnest : the limbus or at the insertions of the extraocular muscles .
- 4. Rpe-choroid , so that they cannot enter the sclera to express they effects .
- 5. Method the authors used syringe needle to perforate sclera , the technique can control ration of subretinal fluid draingage , and comparing this technique with traditional scleral .