cornea

From Latin cornea tela (“horny tissue”), from cornu (“horn”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔː(ɹ)ni.ə/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)niə

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cornea (plural corneas or corneae or (archaic) corneæ)

1. (anatomy) The transparent layer making up the outermost front part of the eye, covering the iris, pupil, and anterior chamber.

• corneal

• luna cornea

• iris
• pupil
• sclera

• Carone, canoer, ceroan, earcon

cornea f (plural cornee)

1. (anatomy) cornea

• corneale

cornea

1. feminine singular of corneo

• Nearco, Nocera, ancore, c'erano, canore, careno, carenò, carneo, cerano, creano, nocerà, ranceo, recano

cornea

1. inflection of corneus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/nominative neuter plural

corneā

1. ablative feminine singular of corneus

• cornea in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

cornea

1. inflection of cornear:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative