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    SCHLEMM'S CANAL

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A circular canal in the eye that drains aqueous humor from the anterior chamber of the eye into the anterior ciliary veinsplay

    Synonyms:

    canal of Schlemm; Schlemm's canal; sinus venosus sclerae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting body parts

    Hypernyms ("Schlemm's canal" is a kind of...):

    canal; channel; duct; epithelial duct (a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance)

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