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scleral

American  
[skleer-uhl] / ˈsklɪər əl /

adjective

Anatomy.
  1. sclerotic.


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Etymology

Origin of scleral

First recorded in 1865–70; scler(a) + -al 1

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Keratopigmentation is not to be confused with scleral tattooing, which involves tattooing the white part of the eye and carries a risk for infection and vision loss.

From Salon May 4, 2025

To conclude, the inference of nocturnality in dinosaurs from scleral ring and orbit morphology is sound.

From Science Magazine Dec. 22, 2011

Swimmers who need correction for reasons other than myopia usually wear the bigger scleral lens because it is harder to dislodge under water.

From Time Magazine Archive

Early plastic lenses were also of the big scleral type, had to float on a bath of special wetting fluid, and could be worn only four to five hours at a stretch.

From Time Magazine Archive

The scleral slip is then freed from the conjunctiva at each end and the mucous membrane brought together over the wound by fine catgut sutures.

From Glaucoma A Symposium Presented at a Meeting of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society, November 17, 1913 by Nance, Willis O.

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