sclera

Noun

scle=ra

WORDNET DICTIONARY

sclera(n = noun.body) sclerotic coat - the whitish fibrous membrane (albuginea) that with the cornea forms the outer covering and protection of the eyeball; Array

is a part of eye, oculus, optic

is a kind of albuginea

sclera, n. the white of the eye; a white membrane coating the eyeball.

Derivative

scleral adj. scleritis n. sclerotomy n. (pl. -ies).

Etymology

mod.L f. fem. of Gk skleros hard