- Salzmann nodular corneal dystrophy
- a progressive hypertrophic degeneration of the epithelial layer of the cornea, Bowman membrane, and the outer portion of the corneal stroma.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
Salzmann nodular corneal dystrophy
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Salzmann nodular corneal dystrophy — Salz·mann nodular corneal dystrophy (zahltsґmahn) [Maximilian Salzmann, Austrian born ophthalmologist in Germany, 1862–1954] see under dystrophy … Medical dictionary
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