Examples of cornea in a Sentence
The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Aug. 2023
In particular, sleeping in contacts or not replacing them frequently can harbor organisms and keep them in contact with the cornea longer, allowing infection.8 Rubbing the eye frequently or scratching it in some other way can also have this same effect, Szczotka-Flynn said.
—Julia Landwehr, Health, 25 Aug. 2023
Around 1,000 people each year in the U.S. have damage in one eye but can’t receive a cornea transplant, Jurkunas tells Time.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Aug. 2023
The sheet of cells is then transplanted into the injured eye, restoring the natural process that keeps the cornea functioning correctly.
—Jamie Ducharme, Time, 18 Aug. 2023
Entropion is an abnormality where the eyelid rolls inward, causing the hair on the surface of the eyelid to rub against the cornea resulting in pain, potential corneal ulcers, or pigment developing on the cornea which can interfere with vision.
—Tony Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 21 Oct. 2022
The woman went to the emergency room, where doctors discovered a large ulcer on her left cornea, nearly involving the entire eye.
—Janelle Chavez, CNN, 22 Mar. 2023
Surgeons then made a tiny incision in each patient’s cornea and inserted the hydrogel, which helped thicken and reshape the cornea to restore its functionality.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Aug. 2022
This is often used in people with progressive keratoconus, but cannot be used if the cornea is too thin, as might be the case in your father.
—Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 11 Apr. 2022
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Word History
Middle English, borrowed from Medieval Latin (short for cornea tēla "horny web," cornea tunica "horny covering," translating Greek kerātoeidḕs chitṓn), from feminine of Latin corneus "horny" — more at corneous
14th century, in the meaning defined above
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“Cornea.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cornea. Accessed 4 Oct. 2023.
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