Composed of or containing both cornea-like tissue and calcified (chalky) material simultaneously.
A compound adjective from 'corneo-' (relating to the cornea) combined with 'calcareous' (from Latin 'calcarius' meaning chalky). This technical term emerged in 19th-century medical and biological descriptions.
This is one of those scientific adjectives doctors love because it describes something oddly contradictory—a tissue that's both transparent-ish and rock-hard at the same time!
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