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sclera

noun/ˈsklɪərə/

B2CEFR level
60/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister

The tough white outer layer of the eyeball that maintains its shape and protects the inner structures.

A blue tinge to the sclera in an infant may point to an underlying connective-tissue disorder.

Topic: Ophthalmology in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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