dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/scl_MW.json
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{
"sclera":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the dense fibrous opaque white outer coat enclosing the eyeball except the part covered by the cornea \u2014 see eye illustration":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8skler-\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"These initial symptoms were followed by jaundice, with the skin turning yellow, and then the sclera , or white, of the eyes subsequently turning yellow. \u2014 Arielle Mitropoulos, ABC News , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Atop each white sclera is a neon green iris with a black pupil in the middle. \u2014 Marci Robin, Allure , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The team also discovered that one of the astronauts developed folds in the choroid, the layer of blood vessels and tissue between the retina and the sclera . \u2014 Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics , 3 Mar. 2022",
"The area that surrounds the iris\u2014called the sclera \u2014is tinted in most animals but bright white in humans. \u2014 Popular Science , 9 June 2020",
"The high contrast provided by humans\u2019 white scleras enhances our awareness of one another\u2019s gazes. \u2014 Rafil Kroll-zaidi, Harper's Magazine , 27 Apr. 2020",
"In all of Wilton\u2019s cavalcade of wonders, to my mind, no product can compete with its selection of decorative edible eyeballs: flat, white sclera of sugar marked with black to represent pupils, lids, and lashes. \u2014 Helen Rosner, The New Yorker , 12 Dec. 2019",
"However, one year after stopping minocycline, doctors did not see much improvement in the man's sclera discoloration, the report said. \u2014 Rachael Rettner, Fox News , 19 Apr. 2018",
"Scleral tattooing consists of injecting pigment into the sclera , or white, part of the human eye with a needle. \u2014 Shari Rudavsky, Indianapolis Star , 8 Jan. 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Greek skl\u0113ros":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1888, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-090206"
},
"Scleranthus":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a small Old World genus of annual weedy prostrate herbs (family Caryophyllaceae) having opposite subulate leaves, small cymose perfect apetalous flowers, and tiny one-seeded utricles \u2014 see knawel":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"skl\u0259\u0307\u02c8ran(t)th\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from scler- + -anthus":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-090732"
},
"scler-":{
"type":[
"combining form"
],
"definitions":{
": hard":[
"scler ite",
"sclero derma"
],
": hardness":[
"sclero meter"
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Greek skl\u0113r-, skl\u0113ro- , from skl\u0113ros \u2014 more at skeleton":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-132229"
},
"sclerotic coat":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": sclera":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1741, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-190158"
},
"sclere":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a minute skeletal element (as a spicule of a sponge)":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8skli(\u0259)r"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Greek skl\u0113ros hard":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-221713"
}
}