a. Anat. [f. EPI- + Gr. σκληρ-ός hard + -AL.] Belonging to, or placed upon, the sclerotic or hard outer coat of the eye.
1861. Bumstead, Ven. Dis. (1879), 703. Some of the infiltrations … which have been described as belonging to the conjunctiva proper, have had their origin in the episcleral tissue.
1879. P. Smith, Glaucoma, 22. Engorgement of episcleral vessels.
