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Word entry · 6 letters

sclera

Best crossword clue

"White of the eye"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈsklɛəɹə/Part of speech nounSorted acelrsStarts with SEnds with A1 clues
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Definitions

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

Word origin

Borrowed from New Latin sclera, from Ancient Greek σκληρός (sklērós, “hard”).

Used in a sentence

  • 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.
  • Such pressures explain why humans are peculiar in having our rather small irises set against a white background—the sclera—in our eyes. Anyone watching us can infer where we are looking or whom we are looking at.

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