different between sclera vs scleromalacia

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ??????? (skl?rós, “hard”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??r?

Noun

sclera (plural scleras or sclerae or scleræ)

1. (anatomy) The white of the eye. It is the tough outer coat of the eye that covers the eyeball except for the cornea.
   • 2007, Junot Diaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

     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.

Synonyms

• sclerotic
• sclerotic coat

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• sclera on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

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

Italian

Noun

sclera f (plural sclere)

1. (anatomy) sclera

Related terms

• sclerale
• sclerite
• sclerotico

Verb

sclera

1. third-person singular present indicative of sclerare
2. second-person singular imperative of sclerare

English

Etymology

sclero- +? malacia

Noun

scleromalacia (usually uncountable, plural scleromalacias)

1. (medicine) Degenerative thinning of the sclera.
2. (medicine) A very rare ophthalmic manifestation seen in rheumatoid arthritis .

Derived terms

• scleromalacia perforans

References