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- noun Plural form of
sclera .
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Examples
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Her intelligent irises are darkly pigmented, and her sclerae are edged with a dramatic, black line of the sort that Cleopatra affected.
Early Thoughts on the Oedipus Complex Rebecca Coffey 2010
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Her large sclerae, dark pupils, and Cleopatra makeup approach my most tender parts.
Early Thoughts on the Oedipus Complex Rebecca Coffey 2010
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There are sleepless rings around his eyes; his nose is irritated from Kleenex, his sclerae are host to bloodshot spin-art.
The Dying Tradition 2010
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They wore their hair bound back in intricate braids and knots, and their huge almond-shaped emerald-green eyes — which in this light did have pupils, but still no visible sclerae — watched her with unnerving, unblinking intensity.
Memory of Fire Lisle, Holly 2002
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She went to the first one and unzipped the shroud, revealing the face of an elderly woman, eyes open, the sclerae shockingly red from hemorrhages.
Life Support Tess Gerritsen 1997
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On examination, he has a tinge of jaundice in the sclerae.
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JAUNDICE refers to a yellowish discolouration of the whites of the eyes (sclerae), skin, and mucous
WN.com - Articles related to EAST AFRICA: Cassava comes in from the cold 2010
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On examination, he has a tinge of jaundice in the sclerae.
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Jaundice - the skin and sclerae (whites of the eyes) take on a yellowish color.
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Causes pain and swelling over the tubercle a. Blue sclerae b.
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