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Definition of: scleritis
(sklə·rī′tis) noun Pathol.
Rheumatic ophthalmia; inflammation of the sclera of the eye. Also scle·ro·ti·tis (sklir′ō·tī′tis, skler′-). [<NL <sclera the white of the eye]
—scle′·ro·tit′ic (-tit′ik) adjective
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