Cornea

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  • 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.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The firm, transparent anterior portion of the eyeball.
  • noun. In entomology, the outer surface of an insect's compound eye.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. 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. The transparent layer making up the outermost front part of the eye, covering the iris, pupil, and anterior chamber.
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  • 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
    • Word Usage
    "The cornea is a clear, jelly-like membrane covering the eye."
    Form
    corneal  
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    corneae  eye  
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