Main Entry: canal of Schlemm

Pronunciation: \-ˈshlem\

Function: noun

: a circular canal lying in the substance of the sclerocorneal junction of the eye and draining the aqueous humor from the anterior chamber into the veins draining the eyeball—called also Schlemm's canal, sinus venosus sclerae

Schlemm, Friedrich S. (1795–1858), German anatomist. Schlemm described the canal of Schlemm in 1830. His description was not the first, for the canal had been noted as early as 1778.