sclerectasia

Term: sclerectasia

Literally meaning: “extension of the sclera”

Origin: Anc Greek

σκληρός/scleros(=hard, tough)

έκτασις/ectasis(=an extension, or distention)

Coined/History

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Definition

Sclerectasia is a bulging of the sclera (white outer coating of the eye).