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Related to corneal: corneal ectasia, Corneal topography, corneal opacity, Corneal neovascularization, Corneal erosion
cor·ne·a
(kôr′nē-ə)n.
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.
[Medieval Latin cornea (tēla), horny (tissue), from Latin corneus, horny, from cornū, horn; see ker- in Indo-European roots.]
cor′ne·al (-əl) adj.
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Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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[ˈkɔːrniəl] adj → cornéen(ne)corned beef [ˌkɔːrndˈbiːf] n → corned-beef mcorned beef hash [ˌkɔːrndˌbiːfˈhæʃ] n → hachis m au corned-beefCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
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Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
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adj cornealEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.