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Corneal keratocyte

Diaminobenzidine stains keratocytes in the cross-section of cornea.

Corneal transplantation

Russian eye surgeon Vladimir Filatov's attempts at transplanting cornea started with the first try in 1912 and were continued, gradually improving until on 6 May 1931 he successfully grafted a patient using corneal tissue from a deceased person.

Daniel Garibaldi

During his stay there, he wrote two chapters and many peer-reviewed articles related to ophthalmology including for American Journal of Ophthalmology, Cornea, Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science and many others.

Debraj Shome

For this honour, he along with noted cornea surgeon, Dr. Vandana Jain were congratulated by The President of India, His Excellency, The Honourable Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.

Dua's layer

Dua's layer, according to a 2013 paper by Harminder Singh Dua's group at the University of Nottingham, is a layer of the cornea that had not been detected previously.

Laser blended vision

Blended vision can be achieved through laser eye surgery such as LASIK, PRK or LASEK, by correcting the dominant eye and the shape of the cornea, modifying it for reading vision and still maintaining good distance vision.

Limbus

Corneal limbus, the border of the cornea and the sclera (the white of the eye)

Newton K. Wesley

The lens fit over just the cornea, unlike its predecessor, which also rested on the sclera (the white area), said Neil Hodur, a professor at the Illinois College of Optometry and a colleague and friend of Dr. Wesley's.

Pouliquen

Yves Pouliquen (born 1931), French physician, expert in pathology of the cornea

Reduced eye

Introduced by Franciscus Donders, the reduced eye model replaces the several refracting bodies of the eye (the cornea, lens, aqueous humor, and vitreous humor) are replaced by an ideal air/water interface surface that is located 20 mm from a model retina.

The Amity Affliction

In 2013 The Amity Affliction was part of Warped Tour in the United States with Chad Hasty (Glass Cloud) on drums, percussion due to Ryan Burt severely damaging his cornea during a set in Portland, Oregon.

Total internal reflection

Gonioscopy employs total internal reflection to view the anatomical angle formed between the eye's cornea and iris.


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