sclerocornea

sclerocornea
1. The cornea and sclera regarded as forming together the hard outer coat of the eye, the fibrous tunic of the eye. 2. A congenital anomaly in which the whole or part of the cornea is opaque and resembles the sclera; other ocular abnormalities are frequently present.

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sclero·cor·nea .skler-ō-'kȯr-nē-ə n a congenital condition in which the cornea is opaque like the sclera

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scle·ro·cor·nea (sklēr″o-korґne-ə) the sclera and the cornea considered as forming a single coat or layer.

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