SCHLEMM'S CANAL


Meaning of SCHLEMM'S CANAL in English

ˈshlemz- noun

Usage: usually capitalized S

Etymology: after Friedrich S. Schlemm died 1858 German anatomist

: a circular canal lying in the substance of the sclerocorneal junction of the eye and draining the aqueous humor from the anterior chamber into the anterior ciliary veins

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