How to Use cornea in a Sentence

cornea

noun
Definition of corneanext
  • The light that comes in via the cornea and through the lens winds up at this tissue in the back.
    — Meryl Davids Landau, Good Housekeeping, 13 Mar. 2020
  • Like a viewfinder, the cornea takes in light and transmits it to the lens.
    — Star Tribune, 21 May 2021
  • The cornea’s function is to focus light on the retina at the back of the eye.
    — New York Times, 11 June 2018
  • The cornea's function is to focus light on the retina at the back of the eye.
    — Author: Roni Caryn Rabin, Anchorage Daily News, 12 June 2018
  • Lanier was starting to freeze at that point, and so were the men's corneas.
    — Annie Zak, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Mar. 2018
  • One of his corneas went to Egypt; the other stayed in the United States.
    — Shari Rudavsky, Indianapolis Star, 22 Dec. 2019
  • This model can be unscrewed from its base to show the cornea, pupil, and the iris.
    — Discover Magazine, 29 Jan. 2014
  • The cornea is the outer layer of the eye, serving as the first clear layer for the lens.
    — Dan Olson, WIRED, 29 Sep. 2008
  • The goal, says Clinch, is to strengthen the adhesion between the skin cells and the cornea.
    — Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE.com, 14 Nov. 2019
  • Think of the cornea, lens and retina as working in much the same way as a camera.
    — Star Tribune, 21 May 2021
  • Bennett said that patients of his have chewed off the tips of their own tongues and scratched their corneas.
    — Nicola Twilley, The New Yorker, 9 May 2016
  • When the patient removes the patch, the microneedles stay behind in the cornea.
    — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 9 Nov. 2018
  • The blast left the front part of Northup's eye deformed, damaging the cornea and bruising the retina.
    — Ashley Welch, CBS News, 29 June 2018
  • The 53-year-old can’t see well enough anymore to drive at night and had noticed new white spots near her cornea.
    — al, 26 Apr. 2022
  • The lens of the eye, along with the cornea, bends the light coming into the eye so it is perfectly focused on the retina.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 3 Jan. 2022
  • What Terry learned was the backs of the baby's corneas were defective.
    — Tom Hallman Jr., OregonLive.com, 20 Oct. 2017
  • This includes skin, the cornea of the eye, mucous membrane linings, etc.
    — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 25 Aug. 2022
  • The world casts its light through the cornea and lens and onto the retina, a paper-thin mask of tissue at the back of the eye made of the same cells that make up the brain.
    — Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 6 June 2018
  • The researchers also looked at how much the axial length — measured from the cornea to the back of the eye — was changing over time.
    — NBC News, 1 Aug. 2021
  • The company’s drug targets cells in the cornea, the clear outer layer that covers the front of your eye.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2020
  • The corneal endothelium is a thin layer of cells that forms the inner lining of the cornea.
    — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 17 Feb. 2024
  • According to Beyer, rubbing the eye too hard could cause an injury to the cornea.
    — Julia Landwehr, Health, 26 Jan. 2024
  • The way Nelson describes it, instead of being rounded and smooth, his cornea comes to a point.
    — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 27 Feb. 2023
  • He was told that the doctors would like to do a cornea transplant, but only if the damage was limited to the lens.
    — Michael Lerseth, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Aug. 2021
  • Those lenses were light enough that now smaller lenses could be made to sit solely on the cornea.
    — oregonlive, 5 May 2021
  • Long-term contact use can lead to loss of sensation in the cornea, the eye's clear surface, Dr. Maskin explains.
    — Jenny McCoy, Health.com, 27 Oct. 2021
  • Pterygium, for instance, is a growth of fleshy tissue that can cover part of the cornea and hurt your vision.
    — Susan Scutti, CNN, 30 May 2017
  • The doctor needs to consider the thickness of your cornea and your type of vision trouble.
    — Men's Health, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Artificial tears can help with lubrication and comfort as the cornea heals.
    — Alyssa Hui, Verywell Health, 3 Apr. 2024
  • The Sun emits intense ultraviolet and infrared light, which, while not visible to the human eye, can burn sensitive ocular tissues, such as the cornea and retina.
    — Geoffrey Bradford, The Conversation, 12 Mar. 2024

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