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- Cornea - n. - The transparent part of the coat of the eyeball which covers the iris and pupil and admits light to the interior. See Eye.
- Corneal - a. - Pertaining to the cornea.
- Corneas - pl. - of Cornea
- Keratome - n. - An instrument for dividing the cornea in operations for cataract.
- Keratonyxis - n. - The operation of removing a cataract by thrusting a needle through the cornea of the eye, and breaking up the opaque mass.
- Synechia - n. - A disease of the eye, in which the iris adheres to the cornea or to the capsule of the crystalline lens.
- Ophthalmometer - n. - An instrument devised by Helmholtz for measuring the size of a reflected image on the convex surface of the cornea and lens of the eye, by which their curvature can be ascertained.
- Leucoma - n. - A white opacity in the cornea of the eye; -- called also albugo.
- Pterygium - n. - A superficial growth of vascular tissue radiating in a fanlike manner from the cornea over the surface of the eye.