different between cornea vs fossette

English

Etymology

From Latin cornea tela (“horny tissue”), from cornu (“horn”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k??(?)ni.?/
• Rhymes: -??(?)ni?

Noun

cornea (plural corneas or (archaic) corneæ)

1. (anatomy) The transparent layer making up the outermost front part of the eye, covering the iris, pupil, and anterior chamber.

Derived terms

• corneal

Translations

See also

• iris
• pupil
• sclera

Anagrams

• Carone, canoer, ceroan, earcon

Italian

Noun

cornea f (plural cornee)

1. (anatomy) cornea

Derived terms

• corneale

Adjective

cornea

1. feminine singular of corneo

Anagrams

• ancore
• canore
• careno, carenò
• carneo
• cerano, c'erano
• creano
• nocerà
• recano

Latin

Adjective

cornea

1. nominative feminine singular of corneus
2. nominative neuter plural of corneus
3. accusative neuter plural of corneus
4. vocative feminine singular of corneus
5. nominative neuter plural of corneus

Adjective

corne?

1. ablative feminine singular of corneus

References

• cornea in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Spanish

Verb

cornea

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of cornear.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of cornear.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of cornear.

English

Etymology

French, diminutive of fosse (“a fosse”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /f??s?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?f??s?t/, /?f??s?t/

Noun

fossette (plural fossettes)

1. A little hollow; a dimple.
2. (medicine) A small, deep-centred ulcer of the transparent cornea.
3. (dentistry) A small depression in the crown of a tooth

Translations

French

Etymology

fosse +? -ette, a diminutive suffix.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?.s?t/

Noun

fossette f (plural fossettes)

1. dimple

Further reading

• “fossette” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Noun

fossette f

1. plural of fossetta

Anagrams

• fottesse