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Descemet's membrane
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English
Etymology
After the French physician Jean Descemet.
Noun
en anatomy The basement membrane that lies between the stroma and the endothelial layer of the cornea.
Synonyms
en DM
en posterior limiting lamina
en posterior elastic lamina
en lamina elastica posterior
en membrane of Demours
Derived terms
en DM
en pre-Descemet's layer / en PDL
en Descemet's stripping endothelial keratoplasty / en DSEK
en Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty / en DSAEK
en pre-Descemet's endothelial keratoplasty / en PDEK
Further reading
en eponyms