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descemet's membrane

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
de-scemet's mem-brane
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The basement membrane that lies between the stroma and the endothelial layer of the cornea.

Etymology

After the French physician Jean Descemet.

Inflected Forms

Descemet's membranes (plural)

Derived Forms

DM PDL DSEK DSAEK PDEK

Phrases

pre-Descemet's layer Descemet's stripping endothelial keratoplasty Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty pre-Descemet's endothelial keratoplasty

Synonyms

DM posterior limiting lamina posterior elastic lamina lamina elastica posterior membrane of Demours

Questions

What does descemet's membrane mean?
The basement membrane that lies between the stroma and the endothelial layer of the cornea.
Where does descemet's membrane come from?
After the French physician Jean Descemet.

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