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Definition of Cornea

1. Noun. The transparent dome-shaped anterior portion of the outer covering of the eye; it covers the iris and pupil and is continuous with the sclera.

Definition of Cornea

1. n. The transparent part of the coat of the eyeball which covers the iris and pupil and admits light to the interior. See Eye.

Definition of Cornea

1. Noun. (anatomy) The transparent layer making up the outermost front part of the eye, covering the iris, pupil, and anterior chamber. ¹

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Definition of Cornea

1. a part of the eye [n -S] : CORNEAL [adj]

Medical Definition of Cornea

1. The transparent structure forming the anterior part of the fibrous tunic of the eye. It consists of five layers: 1. The anterior corneal epithelium, continuous with that of the conjunctiva. 2. The anterior limiting layer (Bowman's membrane). 3. The substantia propria or stroma. 4. The posterior limiting layer (Descemet's membrane). 5. The endothelium of the anterior chamber. Synonym: keratoderma. Origin: L. Corneus = horny This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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Literary usage of Cornea

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1872)
"Treatment of Conical cornea by removal of the top of the Cone. ... 20, 1872) nine cases of conical cornea in which favourable results were obtained by ..."

2. A Practical treatise on the diseases of the eye by William Mackenzie, Thomas Wharton Jones (1854)
"or pseudo-cornea, so that the front of the eye assumes a white, opaque appearance, ... If any considerable portion of the cornea be in a natural state, ..."

3. Microscopical Morphology of the Animal Body in Health and Disease by Carl Heitzmann (1882)
"RESEARCHES ON THE MICROSCOPICAL STRUCTURE OP THE cornea. BY WILLIAM HASSLOCH, OP NEW YORK.* It is generally acknowledged that the substantia propria of the ..."

4. Text-book of Ophthalmology by Ernst Fuchs (1911)
"while ruptures of the sclera are generally pretty much alike in respect to position a direction, ruptures of the cornea follow no rule with regard to the ..."

5. The Development of the Chick: An Introduction to Embryology by Frank Rattray Lillie (1908)
"Anterior Chamber and cornea, etc. When the optic vesicle is first formed it is in ... With the formation of the cornea the lens withdraws somewhat from the ..."

6. Report of the Annual Meeting (1841)
"On Opacity of the cornea produced by Sulphuric Acid. By RD THOMSON, MD The rapid destruction of vision, when sulphuric acid is brought into contact with the ..."

7. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1886)
"Twelfth day : cornea rather less hazy than at last note, and yellowish body in ... Twenty-third day : cornea about same. Red vascular zone around margin of ..."

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