different between opacity vs scleralization

English

opaque +? -ity, from French opacité, from Latin opacitas.

opacity (countable and uncountable, plural opacities)

(uncountable) The state or quality of being opaque, not allowing light to pass through
We could not see the sandbar due to the opacity of the muddy water.
(uncountable) The state or quality of being inaccessible to understanding.
The opacity of these decisions is troubling.
(optics, countable) A measure of relative impenetrability to electromagnetic radiation such as light.
The opacity of a clean glass window is near zero.

scleral +? -ization

scleralization (plural scleralizations)

(pathology, optometry) An opacity of the cornea that progresses inwards from the periphery of the cornea towards its center.

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