conical cornea

conical cornea
keratoconus.

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  • Cornea — The clear front window of the eye. The cornea transmits and focuses light into the eye. The eye has a number of other components. These include the iris, pupil, lens, retina, macula, optic nerve and vitreous. The iris is the colored part of the… …   Medical dictionary

  • Stroma of cornea — Vertical section of human cornea from near the margin. (Waldeyer.) Magnified. 1. Epithelium. 2. Anterior elastic lamina. 3. substantia propria. 4. Posterior elastic lamina. 5. Endothelium of the anterior chamber …   Wikipedia

  • Keratoconus — Classification and external resources The conical cornea that is characteristic of keratoconus ICD 10 H …   Wikipedia

  • Keratoconus — Cone shaped cornea with the apex of the cone being forward. Also called conical cornea. * * * A conical protrusion of the cornea caused by thinning of the stroma; usually bilateral. SEE ALSO: Fleischer ring, Munson sign. SYN: conical cornea.… …   Medical dictionary

  • Queratocono — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Queratocono Clasificación y recursos externos Aviso médico …   Wikipedia Español

  • Кератоконус — Коническая форма роговицы при кератоконусе …   Википедия

  • Keratocone — Kératocône La cornée conique caractéristique du kératocône Le kératocône (du grec kerato, corne, cornée et konos, cône) est une maladie dégénérative de l œil qui se traduit par une perte de la sphéricité de la cornée qui prend alors la forme d un …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Kératocône — La cornée conique caractéristique du kératocône Le kératocône (du grec kerato, corne, cornée et konos, cône) est une maladie dégénérative de l œil qui se traduit par une perte de la sphéricité de la cornée qui prend alors la forme d un cône. Le… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • keratoconus — n. conical cornea: an abnormal condition of the eye in which the cornea, instead of having a regular curvature, comes to a rounded apex towards its centre. The ‘cone’ tends to become sharper over a period of years …   The new mediacal dictionary

  • membrane — 1. A thin sheet or layer of pliable tissue, serving as a covering or envelope of a part, as the lining of a cavity, as a partition or septum, or to connect two structures. SYN: membrana [TA]. 2. SYN: biomembrane. [L. membrana, a skin or m …   Medical dictionary

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