How to Use cornea in a Sentence

cornea

noun
  • Lanier was starting to freeze at that point, and so were the men's corneas.
    — Annie Zak, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Mar. 2018
  • Like a viewfinder, the cornea takes in light and transmits it to the lens.
    — Star Tribune, 21 May 2021
  • The light that comes in via the cornea and through the lens winds up at this tissue in the back.
    — Meryl Davids Landau, Good Housekeeping, 13 Mar. 2020
  • This model can be unscrewed from its base to show the cornea, pupil, and the iris.
    — Discover Magazine, 29 Jan. 2014
  • The cornea’s function is to focus light on the retina at the back of the eye.
    — New York Times, 11 June 2018
  • The cornea's function is to focus light on the retina at the back of the eye.
    — Author: Roni Caryn Rabin, Anchorage Daily News, 12 June 2018
  • Bennett said that patients of his have chewed off the tips of their own tongues and scratched their corneas.
    — Nicola Twilley, The New Yorker, 9 May 2016
  • Think of the cornea, lens and retina as working in much the same way as a camera.
    — Star Tribune, 21 May 2021
  • X-ray imaging tests confirmed the corneas had indeed matched the mold’s shape.
    — Meghie Rodrigues, IEEE Spectrum, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The doctor scraped my cornea to do a culture and see what was attacking my eye.
    — Michelle Vartan, SELF, 12 July 2024
  • At just two and a half months old, Penelope received a cornea transplant.
    — Brittany Talarico, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The cornea is the outer layer of the eye, serving as the first clear layer for the lens.
    — Dan Olson, WIRED, 29 Sep. 2008
  • Corneal nerves are located in the cornea, the transparent part of the front of your eye.
    — Sarah Hudgens, Health, 17 May 2025
  • He was born without a retina in his left eye, which causes his left cornea to turn outward.
    — oregonlive, 5 May 2021
  • Those lenses were light enough that now smaller lenses could be made to sit solely on the cornea.
    — oregonlive, 5 May 2021
  • When the cornea is clouded or scarred, the pathway is blocked even if the retina itself is healthy.
    — Charlie Fink, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • This includes skin, the cornea of the eye, mucous membrane linings, etc.
    — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 25 Aug. 2022
  • Cuttlefish have camera-type eyes, which have a cornea, lens, iris and retina.
    — Ryan Prior, CNN, 9 Jan. 2020
  • The 53-year-old can’t see well enough anymore to drive at night and had noticed new white spots near her cornea.
    — al, 26 Apr. 2022
  • One of his corneas went to Egypt; the other stayed in the United States.
    — Shari Rudavsky, Indianapolis Star, 22 Dec. 2019
  • What Terry learned was the backs of the baby's corneas were defective.
    — Tom Hallman Jr., OregonLive.com, 20 Oct. 2017
  • When the patient removes the patch, the microneedles stay behind in the cornea.
    — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 9 Nov. 2018
  • One donor can save up to 8 lives and heal up to 75 more through tissue and cornea donation.
    — Janay Reece, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026
  • The cornea is that clear membrane covering the front surface of your eyeball, right over your iris and pupil.
    — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
  • The goal, says Clinch, is to strengthen the adhesion between the skin cells and the cornea.
    — Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE.com, 14 Nov. 2019
  • Your lenses and corneas may become thicker, and the eyeballs' pressure may change.
    — Erin Meanley, Parents, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Pterygium, for instance, is a growth of fleshy tissue that can cover part of the cornea and hurt your vision.
    — Susan Scutti, CNN, 30 May 2017
  • The vet took a look at the dog's cornea but said there was nothing wrong with Carol's eye thankfully.
    — Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 June 2025
  • Another, a fluorescent eye stain, gauges the health of the cornea.
    — Susan Jenks, New York Times, 6 June 2017
  • His left kidney, heart, lungs and both corneas were recovered for donation.
    — Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 11 Dec. 2025

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