sclera

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɪərə

Noun

sclera (plural scleras or sclerae or scleræ)

(anatomy) The white of the eye. It is the tough outer coat of the eye that covers the eyeball except for the cornea.

Synonyms

sclerotic
sclerotic coat

Derived terms

Translations

white of the eye

Arabic: بَيَاض اَلْعَيْن‎ m (bayāḍ al-ʿayn)
Finnish: silmänvalkuainen (fi)
Greek: σκληρός χιτώνας m (sklirós chitónas)
Ancient: σφενδόνη f (sphendónē)
Irish: gealacán m, gealacán súile m
Italian: sclera (it) f
Latvian: sklēra f, acs baltums m

Maori: teatea
Polish: twardówka (pl) f
Portuguese: esclera f
Russian: скле́ра (ru) f (skléra)
Serbo-Croatian: beonjača (sh) f
Swedish: sklera (sv), ögonvita (sv)
Turkish: göz akı (tr), sert kat (tr), sert tabaka (tr)

Further reading

sclera on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

Casler, Clares, carles, clears, lacers, sarcel, sarcle, scaler

Italian

Noun

sclera f (plural sclere)

(anatomy) sclera

Related terms

Verb

sclera

third-person singular present indicative of sclerare
second-person singular imperative of sclerare

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