- spaces of the iridocorneal angle
- (Ophth) Spatia n pl anguli iridis, Fontanasche Räume m pl, Fontana-Räume f
Fachwörterbuch Medizin Englisch-Deutsch. 2013.
spaces of the iridocorneal angle
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