corneal
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7.1
- adjective
- /ˈkɔrnɪəl/
- Specialized
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corneal
- That increases your risk of getting things like corneal ulcers, edema, or swelling.
- corneal edema
That increases your risk of getting things like corneal ulcers, edema, or swelling.
- That increases your risk of getting things like corneal ulcers, edema, or swelling.
Examples
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So he should do well with corneal transplants, which we’ll be doing soon.
Fiction book (1992) -
And then I had to put my name on a corneal transplant list for which had a huge waiting list.
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The blind girl had corneal disease.
Academic text (1996) -
Don't let things like light, skill, and corneal injury stand in your way.
Blog text (13) -
You're suffering from a form of corneal opacity.
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A secondary rise in intraocular pressure can cause corneal clouding.
Academic text (1991) -
He has corneal abrasions, scratches on the surface of his right eye.
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A corneal transplantation, iris reconstruction and intraocular lens implantation.
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10 days postoperatively, corneal edema had decreased drastically in the area of the posterior lamellar disc, and symptoms had decreased significantly.
Academic text (2007) -
The doctor explained that she needed a corneal transplant to restore her vision.
Compounds
- Specialized
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4.2
A surgery that replaces a damaged cornea in the eye with healthy tissue from a donor
- Specialized
An operation that replaces a damaged clear layer at the front of the eye with healthy donor tissue
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word corneal comes from the Latin corneus, which means 'horn' because people thought the cornea looked like a small horn. So corneal means 'relating to the cornea', the clear front part of the eye.