arcus cornealis
[ kôr′nē-ā′lĭs ]
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n.
An opaque, grayish ring at the periphery of the cornea just within the sclerocorneal junction, common among the elderly and resulting from a deposit of fatty granules in, or hyaline degeneration of, the lamellae and cells of the cornea.anterior embryotoxon arcus adiposus arcus juvenilis arcus senilis gerontoxon
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