DESCEMET'S MEMBRANE


Meaning of DESCEMET'S MEMBRANE in English

(ˈ)de|sm]āz, |desə|m] noun

Usage: usually capitalized D

Etymology: after Jean Descemet died 1810 French anatomist

: a transparent highly elastic apparently structureless membrane lined with endothelium and covering the inner surface of the cornea

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