different between sclera vs sclerosis
sclera
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ??????? (skl?rós, “hard”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -??r?
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.
- 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.
- 2007, Junot Diaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
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)
- (anatomy) sclera
Related terms
- sclerale
- sclerite
- sclerotico
Verb
sclera
- third-person singular present indicative of sclerare
- second-person singular imperative of sclerare
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sclerosis
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ????????? (skl?r?sis, “an induration”), from *???????? (skl?roûn, “to harden, indurate”), from ??????? (skl?rós, “hard”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skl?????s?s/
- Rhymes: -??s?s
Noun
sclerosis (countable and uncountable, plural scleroses)
- (pathology) The abnormal hardening of body tissues, such as an artery.
- Inability to create change.
Derived terms
Related terms
- sclera
Translations
Further reading
- sclerosis in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- sclerosis in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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