SCHLEMM'S CANAL

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A circular canal in the eye that drains aqueous humor from the anterior chamber of the eye into the anterior ciliary veins

Synonyms:

canal of Schlemm; Schlemm's canal; sinus venosus sclerae

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("Schlemm's canal" is a kind of...):

canal; channel; duct; epithelial duct (a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance)

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