scleritis
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(sklĕ-rīt′ĭs)

[sclera + -itis]
Any painful inflammatory disease of the sclera of the eye. It may result in degeneration or destruction of the sclera and neighboring tissues and is often associated with systemic inflammatory disease. It occurs much more commonly in the anterior sclera than in the posterior.
SYN: SEE: sclerotitis
SEE: episcleritis
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(sklĕ-rīt′ĭs)

[sclera + -itis]
Any painful inflammatory disease of the sclera of the eye. It may result in degeneration or destruction of the sclera and neighboring tissues and is often associated with systemic inflammatory disease. It occurs much more commonly in the anterior sclera than in the posterior.
SYN: SEE: sclerotitis
SEE: episcleritis
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Scleritis." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central Redesign, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/758840/all/nodular_anterior_scleritis.
Scleritis. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/758840/all/nodular_anterior_scleritis. Accessed August 18, 2022.
Scleritis. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th edition). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/758840/all/nodular_anterior_scleritis
Scleritis [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2022 August 18]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/758840/all/nodular_anterior_scleritis.
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