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Look up: scler-

  1. Scler-
    Scler-: (Or sclero-) A confusing prefix that can refer exclusively to hardness (from the Greek 'skleros' meaning hard) but that can also refer to the sclera of the eye. Sclerodactyly, for example, is localized thickening and tightness of the skin of the fingers or toes and scleroderma is disease of ...
    Found on http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.

  2. scler-
    See: sclero-. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  3. scler-
    Type: Term See: sclero-
    Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictio

  4. sclera
    [n] - whitish fibrous membrane (albuginea) that with the cornea forms the outer covering of the eyeball
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  5. Sclera
    The fibrous covering on the posterior part of the vertebrate eye. See cornea.
    Found on http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosted_sites/pe/200

  6. Sclera
    the tough, white coating that covers and protects the inner structures of the eye
    Found on http://www.medichecks.com/glossary.cfm?l

  7. Sclera
    The white, protective, outer layer of the eyeball.
    Found on http://www.dwp.gov.uk/medical/med_condit

  8. sclera
    The fibrous coat of the eyeball (the white of the eye)
    Found on http://www.generalandmedical.com/glossar

  9. Sclera
    The outer, opaque fibrous coat of the eyeball.
    Found on http://www.gadsbywicks.co.uk/uploaded/38

  10. Sclera
    Sclera: The tough white outer coat over the eyeball that covers approximately the posterior five-sixths of its surface. The sclera is continuous in the front of the eye with the cornea and in the back of the eye with the external sheath of the optic nerve. The word 'sclera' is from the Greek 'skleros' = hard. The plural is sclerae.
    Found on http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.

  11. sclera
    the dense,fibrous opaque white outer coat enclosing the eyeball except the part covered by the cornea Category: Medicine
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  12. sclera
    <anatomy> The tough white outer coat of the eyeball, covering approximately the posterior five sixths of its surface and continuous anteriorly with the cornea and posteriorly with the external sheath of the optic nerve. ... Origin: L., Gr. Skleros = hard ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  13. sclera
    sclerotic coat noun whitish fibrous membrane (albuginea) that with the cornea forms the outer covering of the eyeball
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  14. sclera
    (sklēr´ә) the tough, white outer coat of the eyeball, covering approximately the posterior five-sixths of its surface, continuous anteriorly with the cornea and posteriorly with the external sheath of the optic nerve. adj., scle´ral., adj. blue sclera abnormal bl...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  15. sclera
    (from the article `eye, human`) The sclera is essentially the continuation backward of the cornea, the collagen fibres of the cornea being, in effect, continuous with those of the ... The cornea is the clear window of the eye. It covers the iris and pupil and serves as a powerful refractive surface. Any surface irregularity or scar ... ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/48

  16. sclera
    (L.; Gr. skleros hard) (NA) the tough white outer coat of the eyeball, covering approximately the posterior five-sixths of its surface, and continuous anteriorly with the cornea and posteriorly with the external sheath of the optic nerve.
    Found on http://users.ugent.be/~rvdstich/eugloss/

  17. sclera
    sclera: see eye.
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A09184

  18. Sclera
    The sclera can be seen as the opaque white of the eye. It is composed of tough, white fibrous tissue and encases the eyeball. The sclera contains fine blood vessels. When the eye is irritated by dust or disease, the blood vessels become enlarged and the 'white' of the eye appears pink or bloodshot.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  19. sclera
    Type: Term Pronunciation: sklē′ră, -ăz, -ē Definitions: 1. A portion of the fibrous layer forming the outer envelope of the eyeball, except for its anterior sixth, which is the cornea. Synonyms: sclerotic coat, sclerotica, tunica albuginea oculi, tunica sclerotica
    Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictio

  20. Sclera
    The tough white fibrous outer envelope of tissue covering all of the eyeball except the cornea.
    Found on http://www.apluspetgoods.com/petsupplies

  21. SCLERA
    The white outer covering of the eyeball, continuous with the cornea.
    Found on http://www.thehorse.com/Glossary.xhtml?L

  22. SCLERA
    The white fibrous outer coating of the eyeball.
    Found on http://rad.usuhs.edu/rad/iong/glossary/g

  23. sclera
    Greek skleros = hard; hence the tough, outer layer of the eyeball; adjective - scleral.
    Found on http://www.anatomy.usyd.edu.au/glossary/

  24. SCLERA
    The tough white opaque fibrous outer coat of the eyeball
    Found on http://eyediologyopticians.co.uk/pages/E

  25. Sclera
    The area of the eye that encircles the cornea, the colored or pigmented portion
    Found on http://www.gaitedhorses.net/Articles/Hor



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