Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The transparent convex anterior portion of the outer fibrous coat of the eyeball that covers the iris and the pupil and is continuous with the sclera.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The firm, transparent anterior portion of the eyeball.
- noun In entomology, the outer surface of an insect's compound eye.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Anat.) The transparent part of the coat of the eyeball which covers the iris and pupil and admits light to the interior. See
eye .
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- noun anatomy The transparent
layer making up the outermost front part of theeye , covering theiris ,pupil , andanterior chamber .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- 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
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Well, my right cornea is still mostly opaque, but I did write 1359 words today despite being half-blind.
outside the domain of your effective powers i had a little plastic life matociquala 2009
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The cornea is a clear, jelly-like membrane covering the eye.
Eye Exposures 2010
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Macrida Patterson, a 52-year-old Los Angeles traffic officer, told NBC's "Today" show that she suffered cuts to her cornea from the small piece of metal that had been used to secure a rhinestone heart onto the blue thong.
Warning: Wear Safety Glasses When Putting on your thong 2008
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An artificial cornea is in sight, thanks to biomimetic hydrogels
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The birds seem to use these as sunshades, deliberately positioning the head so that the cornea is shaded from bright light when appropriate (Martin & Coetzee 2004).
Bucorvids: post-Cretaceous maniraptorans on the savannah Darren Naish 2006
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The birds seem to use these as sunshades, deliberately positioning the head so that the cornea is shaded from bright light when appropriate (Martin & Coetzee 2004).
Archive 2006-08-01 Darren Naish 2006
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The rabbit cornea is able to regenerate on the underside, whereas the human cornea can only regenerate on the surface.
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The team’s artificial cornea is made from tiny collagen fibres extracted from these sea cucumbers.
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: A laser is used to cut a flap in the cornea, which is then repositioned to improve sight.
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This means that over the long term the cornea could lose its transparency.
Archive 2009-02-01 GreenFertility 2009
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