Cornea Meaning
/ˈkɔː(ɹ)ni.ə/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe transparent layer making up the outermost front part of the eye, covering the iris, pupil, and anterior chamber.
nameA village and commune of Caraș-Severin County, Romania.
Sentence Examples
In LASIK, a laser is used to adjust the surface of the cornea.
There is pressure on the cornea from the inside of the eye.
CEFR Practice Quiz
An injury to the transparent ____ can lead to blurred vision.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
In LASIK, a laser is used to adjust the surface of the ____.
Word Origin & History
From Latin cornea tela (“horny tissue”), from cornu (“horn”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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:
"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 Herpetic Eye Diseases, J.F. Bergmann Verlag, →ISBN, page 501:
"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."
— 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:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
An injury to the transparent ____ can lead to blurred vision.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
In LASIK, a laser is used to adjust the surface of the ____.