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Sclera
Pronunciation
Definition 1
The white layer of the eye that covers most of the outside of the eyeball. (NCI Dictionary)
Definition 2
The white, opaque, fibrous, outer tunic of the eyeball, covering it entirely excepting the segment covered anteriorly by the cornea. It is essentially avascular but contains apertures for vessels, lymphatics, and nerves. It receives the tendons of insertion of the extraocular muscles and at the corneoscleral junction contains the canal of Schlemm. (From Cline et al., Dictionary of Visual Science, 4th ed) (NCI Thesaurus)
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