Tissue
corneal endothelium
[ kawr-nee-al en-doh-thee-lee-uhm ]
Subclass of:
Anterior chamber of eye; Endothelium; Cornea
Definitions related to corneal endothelium:
  • A single layer of specialized, flat, mitochondria-rich cells that line the posterior surface of the cornea, which govern fluid and solute transport across the posterior surface of the cornea.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Single layer of large flattened cells covering the surface of the cornea.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • The endothelial layer of the cornea.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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