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CANAL OF SCHLEMM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does canal of Schlemm mean?
• CANAL OF SCHLEMM (noun)
The noun CANAL OF SCHLEMM has 1 sense:
1. a circular canal in the eye that drains aqueous humor from the anterior chamber of the eye into the anterior ciliary veins
Familiarity information: CANAL OF SCHLEMM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A circular canal in the eye that drains aqueous humor from the anterior chamber of the eye into the anterior ciliary veins
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
canal of Schlemm; Schlemm's canal; sinus venosus sclerae
Hypernyms ("canal of Schlemm" is a kind of...):
canal; channel; duct; epithelial duct (a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance)
Context examples
It receives the tendons of insertion of the extraocular muscles and at the corneoscleral junction contains the canal of Schlemm.
(Murine Sclera, NCI Thesaurus)
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