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Meaning of Sclera | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈsklɛəɹə

Definitions

The white of the eye; the tough outer coat of the eye that covers the eyeball except for the cornea.

Equivalents

Čeština bělima bělmo
Deutsch Lederhaut Sklera
Esperanto sklero
हिन्दी झिल्ली
Italiano sclera
Latviešu acs baltums sklēra
Македонски белка
Nederlands oogwit sclera
Português esclera
Русский склера
Svenska ögonvita vitöga
Українська білок

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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