sclera en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈsklɛəɹə/
- /ˈsklɛrə/ (US)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈsklɪəɹə/
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin sclera, from Ancient Greek σκληρός (sklērós, “hard”).
Meanings
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The white of the eye; the tough outer coat of the eye that covers the eyeball except for the cornea.
Such pressures explain why humans are peculiar in having our rather small irises set against a white background—the sclera—in our eyes. Anyone watching us can infer where we are looking or whom we are looking at.
2016, Joseph Henrich, chapter 13, in The Secret of Our Success […] , Princeton: Princeton University Press, →ISBN: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.
2007, Junot Diaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| scleræ | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| scleras | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| sclerae | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
scleral · episclera · corneosclera · scleritis
Relateds
scleralization · iris · conjunctiva · cornea · sclero-
Synonyms
Translations (39)
kmr spîka çav (white of the eye) · nl oogwit (white of the eye) · ar بَيَاض اَلْعَيْن (white of the eye) · pl białkówka (white of the eye) · tr sert tabaka (white of the eye) · el σκληρός χιτώνας (white of the eye) · pl twardówka (white of the eye) · ga gealacán súile (white of the eye) · sh beonjača (white of the eye) · prs صُلبِیَّه (white of the eye) · mi teatea (white of the eye) · tr sert kat (white of the eye) · uk біло́к (white of the eye) · es esclerótica (white of the eye) · kmr reqe (white of the eye) · fi silmänvalkuainen (white of the eye) · cy sglera (white of the eye) · it sclera (white of the eye) · ar مُقْلَة (white of the eye) · lv acs baltums (white of the eye) · ru скле́ра (white of the eye) · nl sclera (white of the eye) · lv sklēra (white of the eye) · pt esclera (white of the eye) · eo sklero (white of the eye) · mk белка (white of the eye) · tr göz akı (white of the eye) · cmn 鞏膜 /巩膜 (white of the eye) · de Sklera (white of the eye) · sv sklera (white of the eye) · ga gealacán (white of the eye) · he לֹבֶן הָעַיִן (white of the eye) · sv ögonvita (white of the eye) · cho nishkin i̱ tohbi (white of the eye) · grc σφενδόνη (white of the eye) · cs bělima (white of the eye) · de Lederhaut (white of the eye) · prs سَفِیدیِ چَشم (white of the eye) · es esclera (white of the eye)