Keratic

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Arising from the cornea. not-comparable

    "He also told me that he could see, on the cornea of my right eye, two keratic precipitates."

  2. 2
    rough and hard, especially as a result of keratinization. not-comparable

    "Above the stratum lucidum is the horny or keratic layer in which the cells, reduced to simple dried laminae, form a collection of strata."

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cornealcornealhornyhornykeratinous

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"He also told me that he could see, on the cornea of my right eye, two keratic precipitates."

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