Schlemm's canals

A form of Schlemm's canal — a circular channel in the eye that collects aqueous humour from the anterior chamber and delivers it into the bloodstream; if it is blocked, a glaucoma results

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of Schlemm's canal
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