Descemet's membrane

Meaning

Noun

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

Related

Similar words

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

Origin

After the French physician Jean Descemet.

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