Sclera

[skliәrә]

Definition

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

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Definition

n. the sclerotic coat of the eye-ball.—n. Sclē′ragogy severe discipline.—adj. Sclē′ral.—ns. Sclēran′thus a genus of apetalous plants including the knawel or German knot-grass; Sclere in sponges a skeletal element; Sclērench′yma the hard parts of corals or plants.—adj. Sclerenchym′atous.—ns. Sclē′ria a genus of monocotyledonous plants of the sedge family; Sclerī′asis sclerodermia; Sclē′rite any hard part of the integument of arthropods.—adj. Sclerit′ic.—n. Sclē′robase a dense corneous mass as in red coral.—adj. Sclerobā′sic.—ns. Sclērobrā′chia an order of brachiopods; Sclē′roderm hardened integument or exo-skeleton esp. of a coral: a madrepore.—n.pl. Scleroder′mata the scaly reptiles: the madrepores.—n. Sclēroder′mia a chronic non-inflammatory affection of the skin which becomes thick and rigid.—adjs. Scleroder′mic Scleroder′mous Sclerodermit′ic.—ns. Scleroder′mite; Sclē′rogen the thickening matter of woody cells as in walnut-shells &c.—adjs. Sclerog′enous producing sclerous tissue: mail-cheeked as a fish; Sclē′roid hard scleritic.—ns. Sclērō′ma sclerosis; Sclēromē′ninx the dura mater; Sclērom′eter an instrument for measuring the hardness of a mineral.—adjs. Sclērō′sal Sclē′rosed.—ns. Sclērō′sis a hardening: (bot.) the induration of a tissue; Sclēros′toma a genus of nematode worms; Sclērō′tal a bone of the eye-ball.—adj. relating to such.—adj. Sclērot′ic hard firm applied esp. to the outer membrane of the eye-ball: pertaining to sclerosis: relating to ergot.—n. the outermost membrane of the eye-ball.—ns. Sclērotī′tis inflammation of the sclerotic; Sclērō′tium a hard multicellular tuber-like body formed towards the end of the vegetative season by the close union of the ordinary mycelial filaments of Fungi.—adjs. Sclē′rous hard or indurated: ossified or bony; Sclērur′ine having stiff hard tail-feathers as a bird of the genus Sclerurus.

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