Des·ce·met \des-mā\ , Jean (1732–1810), French physician. Descemet's areas of study ranged from treatment of gout and measles to the anatomy of the eye and skin. Around 1759 he published a complete description of the membrane now known as Descemet's membrane, which had been first described in 1729 by a British ophthalmologist, Benedict Duddell.
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Descemet's membrane
noun Des·ce·met's membrane \ˌdes(-ə)-ˌmāz-\
Medical Definition of DESCEMET'S MEMBRANE
: a transparent highly elastic apparently structureless membrane that covers the inner surface of the cornea and is lined with endothelium—called also membrane of Descemet, posterior elastic lamina
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