noun
a circular canal in the eye that drains aqueous humor from the anterior chamber of the eye into the anterior ciliary veins
• Syn: ↑Schlemm's canal, ↑sinus venosus sclerae
• Hypernyms: ↑duct, ↑epithelial duct, ↑canal, ↑channel
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\\-ˈshlem\Usage: usually capitalized S
Etymology: translation of German schlemmscher kanal, after Friedrich Schlemm died 1858 German anatomist
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