cornea
/ˈkɔː(ɹ)ni.ə/
cornea noun: the transparent layer making up the outermost front part of the eye, covering the iris, pupil, and anterior chamber.
Noun
cornea (plural corneas or corneae or (archaic) corneæ)
- The transparent layer making up the outermost front part of the eye, covering the iris, pupil, and anterior chamber.
- 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.1885, Arthur Bolles Lee, chapter XI, in The Microtomist’s Vade‐Mecum, P. Blakiston, Son & Co, page 93
- In the lateral view (fig. 26) the corneae seemed very flat, their convexity not exceeding that of the bulbi (cornea plana?);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
Proper noun capitalized: Cornea
Cornea
- A village and commune of Caraș-Severin County, Romania.
cornea meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Punjabi and Tagalog
cornea in Tamil
- கருவிழிப்படலம், ஒளிவிடுபடலம், கோணியா, ஒளிஊடுருவு விழிப்படலம், கருவிழி, கார்ணியா
cornea in Bengali
- চোখের কর্নিয়া
cornea in Punjabi
- layer forming the front of the eye
- ਪਾਰਦਰਸ਼ੀ ਝਿੱਲੀ pārdaraśī jhillī
cornea in Tagalog
- layer forming the front of the eye
- sikwit-mata
More languagesFewer languages
- cornea in Arabic
- قَرْنِيَّة qarniyya
- cornea in Indonesian
- kornea
- cornea in Persian
- قرنیه qarniye
- cornea in Thai
- กระจกตา grà-jòk-dtaa
- cornea in Vietnamese
- giác mạc
Examples of cornea in a sentence
- The corneae were swollen without major infiltrates similar to longstanding disciform edema.1981, R. Sundmacher, D. Neumann-Haefelin, A. Mattes, K. Cantell, “Connatal Monosymptomatic Corneal Endotheliitis by Cytomegalovirus”, in...
- 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.1983, A. Loffredo, G. Cennamo, A. De Lellis, A. Sammartino, A. Del Prete, “Echographic Pattern Evaluation of Eyes with Choroid Melanoma for...
Forms of cornea
| plural | corneas |
|---|---|
| plural | corneae |
| plural (archaic) | corneæ |
Origin of cornea
From Latin cornea tela (“horny tissue”), from cornu (“horn”).
Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Cornea.
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Phrases with cornea
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Questions about cornea
- What does cornea mean?
- Cornea means the transparent layer making up the outermost front part of the eye, covering the iris, pupil, and anterior chamber.
- What is cornea in Tamil?
- Cornea in Tamil is கருவிழிப்படலம், ஒளிவிடுபடலம், கோணியா. See Cornea meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use cornea in a sentence?
- The corneae were swollen without major infiltrates similar to longstanding disciform edema.
- What part of speech is cornea?
- Cornea can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce cornea?
- Cornea is pronounced /ˈkɔː(ɹ)ni.ə/.
- What is the plural of cornea?
- The plural of cornea is corneas.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cornea (page history and authors); Cornea (page history and authors); cornea (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cornea (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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