Conical cornea (English spelling)

Japanese: conical cornea（英語表記）conicalcornea

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[Corneal diseases]
Corneal diseases are broadly divided into those that cause the cornea to deform and no longer function as an optical surface, and those that cause the cornea to become cloudy and impair its transparency. A typical example of the former is conical cornea. This is a disease seen in men and women in their teens and twenties, in which the central part of the cornea protrudes and becomes cone-shaped. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "conical cornea" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

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［角膜の病気］
　角膜の病気は，角膜の変形のために光学面としての働きをなさなくなるものと，混濁して角膜の透明性に障害を起こすものとに大別される。前者の代表的なものとして円錐角膜conical corneaがある。これは10～20歳代の男女にみられる疾患で，角膜の中央部が突出して円錐状になる。…

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