different between sclerotic vs sclera

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /skl????t?k/

  Rhymes: -?t?k

Adjective

sclerotic (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to the sclera.
2. Having or relating to sclerosis.
3. Of or relating to sclerotium.
4. Hard and insular.
   • 2018: "How to Turn a Red State Purple" by Mark Oppenheimer, Politico

     Most state parties--Democrat or Republican--are sclerotic and dutiful, and little help to local candidates.

   sclerotic bureaucracy

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

sclerotic (plural sclerotics)

1. (anatomy) The sclerotic coat of the eye, cornea.

Translations

Interlingua

Adjective

sclerotic (not comparable)

1. sclerotic

Related terms

• sclerosis

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