: the transparent part of the coat of the eyeball that covers the iris and pupil and admits light to the interior see eye illustration
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Corneal nerves are located in the cornea, the transparent part of the front of your eye.
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Sarah Hudgens, Health, 17 May 2025
Hard to be when some individuals have parasites attaches to their corneas!
—Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
Before the advent of LASIK, surgeons used a scalpel to cut into the cornea.
—Jerome Barthelemy, Harvard Business Review, 13 May 2025
Contact lenses containing a hydrogel that allows more oxygen to reach the cornea can also help to stave off damage from UV, Rodrigo Comino says.
—Sanket Jain, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2025
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Sarah Hudgens, Health, 17 May 2025
Hard to be when some individuals have parasites attaches to their corneas!
—Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
Before the advent of LASIK, surgeons used a scalpel to cut into the cornea.
—Jerome Barthelemy, Harvard Business Review, 13 May 2025
Contact lenses containing a hydrogel that allows more oxygen to reach the cornea can also help to stave off damage from UV, Rodrigo Comino says.
—Sanket Jain, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2025
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“Cornea.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cornea. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.
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