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corneal corpuscle
(redirected from corneal keratocyte)

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corneal corpuscle
n.
A connective tissue cell found between the layers of fibrous tissue in the cornea. Also called Virchow's cell.
corneal corpuscle,
one of the fixed flattened connective tissue cells between the lamellae of the cornea. Also called keratocyte.
corneal corpuscle 
Main cellular element of the corneal stroma. It is a flattened, dendritic cell located between the lamellae with a large flattened nucleus and lengthy processes which may communicate with neighbouring cells. These cells have fibroplastic and phagocytic functions. Syn. corneal fibrocyte; fixed cell; keratocyte.


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