Dua's layer

English

Etymology

Dua+layer. From Harminder Singh Dua, lead researcher of the group at the University of Nottingham which discovered this layer in 2013.

Noun

Dua's layer (plural Dua's layers)

  1. (anatomy) A layer of the cornea, between the corneal stroma and the Descemet's membrane, composed primarily of collagen.

Synonyms
  • DL
  • pre-Descemet's layer / PDL
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