cornea

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

cornea (plural corneas)

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

See also

• iris
• pupil
• sclera

Anagrams

• Carone, canoer, ceroan, earcon

Noun

cornea f (plural cornee)

1. (anatomy) cornea

Adjective

cornea

1. feminine singular of corneo

Anagrams

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

Adjective

cornea

1. nominative feminine singular of corneus
2. nominative neuter plural of corneus
3. accusative neuter plural of corneus
4. vocative feminine singular of corneus
5. nominative neuter plural of corneus

corneā

1. ablative feminine singular of corneus

References

• cornea in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Verb

cornea

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of cornear.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of cornear.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of cornear.