English Explanatory Dictionary

Dua's layer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A layer of the cornea, between the corneal stroma and the Descemet's membrane, composed primarily of collagen.

Word forms

Dua's layer Dua's layers

Etymology

Dua+layer. From Harminder Singh Dua, lead researcher of the group at the University of Nottingham which discovered this layer in 2013.

Synonyms

DL pre-Descemet's layer PDL
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