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Topic: BIOLOGY

Date: 1300-1400
Language: Medieval Latin
Origin: Latin, 'horny', from cornu 'horn'; because its structure is like horn

cornea

 noun
     
cor‧ne‧a [countable]
HB the transparent protective covering on the outer surface of your eye
—corneal adjective
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