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{
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"sclera":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the dense fibrous opaque white outer coat enclosing the eyeball except the part covered by the cornea \u2014 see eye illustration":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8skler-\u0259"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"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",
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"Atop each white sclera is a neon green iris with a black pupil in the middle. \u2014 Marci Robin, Allure , 28 Apr. 2022",
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"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",
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"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",
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"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",
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"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",
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"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",
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"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"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from Greek skl\u0113ros":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1888, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-090206"
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},
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"Scleranthus":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": 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":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"skl\u0259\u0307\u02c8ran(t)th\u0259s"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from scler- + -anthus":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-090732"
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},
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"scler-":{
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"type":[
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"combining form"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": hard":[
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"scler ite",
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"sclero derma"
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],
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": hardness":[
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"sclero meter"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from Greek skl\u0113r-, skl\u0113ro- , from skl\u0113ros \u2014 more at skeleton":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-132229"
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},
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"sclerotic coat":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": sclera":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1741, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-190158"
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},
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"sclere":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a minute skeletal element (as a spicule of a sponge)":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8skli(\u0259)r"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Greek skl\u0113ros hard":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-221713"
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}
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} |