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The cornea is the transparent outer layer of the eye. Corneal tissue consists of five layers: the epithelium, the Bowman\u2019s layer, the stroma, the Descemet\u2019s membrane, and the endothelium. A corneal dystrophy is a condition in which one or more parts of the cornea lose their normal clarity due to the accumulation of abnormal material. Corneal dystrophies generally affect both eyes.<\/p>\n

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Any of several inherited disorders in which the cornea becomes cloudy, hazy, or speckled, resulting in variable degrees of visual loss.<\/p>\n

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The cornea is the transparent outer layer of the eye. Corneal tissue consists of five layers: the epithelium, the Bowman\u2019s layer, the stroma, the Descemet\u2019s membrane, and the endothelium. A corneal dystrophy is a condition in which one or more parts of the cornea lose their normal clarity due to the accumulation of abnormal material. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-c"],"yoast_head":"\nCorneal dystrophy - Definition of Corneal dystrophy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The cornea is the transparent outer layer of the eye. Corneal tissue consists of five layers: the epithelium, the Bowman\u2019s layer, the stroma, the Descemet\u2019s membrane, and the endothelium. 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