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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cornea /ˈkɔːnɪə/

▶noun the transparent layer forming the front of the eye.

– derivatives
corneal adjective.

– origin ME: from med. L. cornea tela ‘horny tissue’, from L. cornu ‘horn’.

'cornea' also found in these Oxford entries:

arcus senilis - gas-permeable - iris - keratectomy - keratitis - kerato- - keratoplasty - keratotomy - leucoma - limbus - nebula - xerophthalmia

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