In LASIK, a laser is used to adjust the surface of the cornea.
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Cornea
//ˈkɔː(ɹ)ni.ə//
Synonyms for "cornea" (14 found)
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55 translations across 48 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- قرنية noun (layer forming the front of the eye)
- قَرْنِيَّة noun (layer forming the front of the eye)
Armenian
1 entries- եղջերաթաղանթ noun (layer forming the front of the eye)
Bulgarian
1 entries- роговица noun (layer forming the front of the eye)
Catalan
1 entries- còrnia noun (layer forming the front of the eye)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 眼角膜 noun (layer forming the front of the eye)
- 角膜 noun (layer forming the front of the eye)
Czech
1 entries- rohovka noun (layer forming the front of the eye)
Danish
1 entries- hornhinde noun (layer forming the front of the eye)
Esperanto
1 entries- korneo noun (layer forming the front of the eye)
Finnish
1 entries- sarveiskalvo noun (layer forming the front of the eye)
French
1 entries- cornée noun (layer forming the front of the eye)
Galician
1 entries- córnea noun (layer forming the front of the eye)
Georgian
1 entries- რქოვანა noun (layer forming the front of the eye)
German
1 entries- Hornhaut noun (layer forming the front of the eye)
Greek
1 entries- κερατοειδής χιτώνας noun (layer forming the front of the eye)
Hungarian
1 entries- szaruhártya noun (layer forming the front of the eye)
Indonesian
1 entries- kornea noun (layer forming the front of the eye)
Irish
1 entries- coirne noun (layer forming the front of the eye)
Italian
1 entries- cornea noun (layer forming the front of the eye)
Japanese
1 entries- 角膜 noun (layer forming the front of the eye)
Khmer
1 entries- គ្រាប់ភ្នែក noun (layer forming the front of the eye)
Korean
1 entries- 각막 noun (layer forming the front of the eye)
Latin
1 entries- cornea noun (layer forming the front of the eye)
Latvian
1 entries- radzene noun (layer forming the front of the eye)
Lithuanian
1 entries- ragena noun (layer forming the front of the eye)
Macedonian
1 entries- рожница noun (layer forming the front of the eye)
Mongolian
2 entries- эвэр бүрхэвч noun (layer forming the front of the eye)
- эвэрлэг бүрхэвч noun (layer forming the front of the eye)
Māori
1 entries- kiriwhatu noun (layer forming the front of the eye)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- korniye noun (layer forming the front of the eye)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- hornhinne noun (layer forming the front of the eye)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- hornhinne noun (layer forming the front of the eye)
Persian
1 entries- قرنیه noun (layer forming the front of the eye)
Polish
1 entries- rogówka noun (layer forming the front of the eye)
Portuguese
1 entries- córnea noun (layer forming the front of the eye)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਪਾਰਦਰਸ਼ੀ ਝਿੱਲੀ noun (layer forming the front of the eye)
Romanian
1 entries- cornee noun (layer forming the front of the eye)
Russian
1 entries- рогови́ца noun (layer forming the front of the eye)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- kornea noun (layer forming the front of the eye)
- rožnica noun (layer forming the front of the eye)
- rožnjača noun (layer forming the front of the eye)
Shan
1 entries- တႃသႂ် noun (layer forming the front of the eye)
Slovak
1 entries- rohovka noun (layer forming the front of the eye)
Spanish
1 entries- córnea noun (layer forming the front of the eye)
Swedish
2 entries- hornhinna noun (layer forming the front of the eye)
- kornea noun (layer forming the front of the eye)
Tagalog
1 entries- sikwit-mata noun (layer forming the front of the eye)
Thai
1 entries- กระจกตา noun (layer forming the front of the eye)
Turkish
2 entries- kornea noun (layer forming the front of the eye)
- saydam tabaka noun (layer forming the front of the eye)
Ukrainian
1 entries- рогі́вка noun (layer forming the front of the eye)
Vietnamese
1 entries- giác mạc noun (layer forming the front of the eye)
Volapük
1 entries- korned noun (layer forming the front of the eye)
Welsh
1 entries- cornbilen noun (layer forming the front of the eye)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
There is pressure on the cornea from the inside of the eye.
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Lukas visited Rima after her cornea transplant.
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Keratoconus is an eye condition that affects the shape of the cornea, which is the clear outer covering of the eye.
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