Anatomy
corneal stroma
[ kawr-nee-al stroh-muh ]
Subclass of:
Cornea
Definitions related to corneal stroma:
  • Lamellated connective tissue constituting the thickest layer of the cornea between the Bowman and Descemet membranes.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • The lamellated connective tissue constituting the thickest layer of the cornea between the Bowman and Descemet membranes.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • The stromal layer of the cornea.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • The thickest layer of corneal tissue, composed of collagen fibrils, that is located between the epithelium and the inner endothelium, and extends from behind Bowman's layer to in front of Descement's membrane.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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