vitreous humour

vitreous humour
noun
the clear colorless transparent jelly that fills the posterior chamber of the eyeball
Hypernyms: ↑liquid body substance, ↑bodily fluid, ↑body fluid, ↑humor, ↑humour
Substance Meronyms: ↑hyaluronic acid

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vitreous humour noun
The jellylike substance filling the posterior chamber of the eye of a vertebrate, between the lens and the retina
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Main Entry:vitreous

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vitreous humour UK US noun [uncountable] medical
the liquid that fills the large space inside your eye between its lens and its retina
Thesaurus: eye and parts of the eyemeronym relating to the eye and the ability to seehyponym

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ˌvitreous ˈhumour 7 [vitreous humour] (especially US ˌvitreous ˈhumor) noun uncountable (anatomy)
the transparent jelly-like substance inside the eye

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