cornea

From Latin cornea tela (“horny tissue”), from cornu (“horn”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔː(ɹ)ni.ə/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)niə

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cornea (plural corneas or corneae or (archaic) corneæ)

2. (anatomy) The transparent layer making up the outermost front part of the eye, covering the iris, pupil, and anterior chamber.
   • 1885, Arthur Bolles Lee, chapter XI, in The Microtomist’s Vade‐Mecum, P. Blakiston, Son & Co, page 93:

     Or instead of treating them with the developing solution, the corneæ may be removed to a warm, concentrated solution of tartaric acid and remain there at the temperature of an incubating stove until the gold is fully reduced.

   • 1969, P. P. H. Alkemade, Dysgenesis Mesodermalis of the Iris and the Cornea: A Study of Rieger’s Syndrome and Peter’s Anomaly, page 119:

     In the lateral view (fig. 26) the corneae seemed very flat, their convexity not exceeding that of the bulbi (cornea plana?);

   • 1981, R. Sundmacher, D. Neumann-Haefelin, A. Mattes, K. Cantell, “Connatal Monosymptomatic Corneal Endotheliitis by Cytomegalovirus”, in Herpetic Eye Diseases, J.F. Bergmann Verlag, →ISBN, page 501:

     The corneae were swollen without major infiltrates similar to longstanding disciform edema.

   • 1983, A. Loffredo, G. Cennamo, A. De Lellis, A. Sammartino, A. Del Prete, “Echographic Pattern Evaluation of Eyes with Choroid Melanoma for Corneal Graft Utilization”, in Jeffrey S. Hillman, Malcolm M. Le May, editors, Ophthalmic Ultrasonography: Proceedings of the 9th SIDUO Congress, Leeds, U.K. July 20-23, 1982, Dr W. Junk Publishers, Kluwer Academic Publishers Group, →ISBN, page 43:

     It is well known that in clinical practice the corneae from eyes enucleated for malignant melanoma of posterior choroid are usually utilized for corneal grafting. This research refers to cases of posterior melanomas which extended anteriorly, in which the utilization of the corneae for grafting was doubtful.

• luna cornea

• iris
• pupil
• sclera

• Carone, canoer, ceroan, earcon

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔr.ne.a/
• Rhymes: -ɔrnea
• Hyphenation: còr‧ne‧a

cornea f (plural cornee)

1. (anatomy) cornea

• corneale

cornea

1. feminine singular of corneo

• Nearco, Nocera, ancore, c'erano, canore, careno, carenò, carneo, cerano, creano, nocerà, ranceo, recano

cornea

1. inflection of corneus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/nominative neuter plural

corneā

1. ablative feminine singular of corneus

• "cornea", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

cornea

1. inflection of cornear:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative