arcus cornealis

[ kôr′nē-ālĭs ]

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

Words nearby arcus cornealis