neb|u|la

neb|u|la
neb|u|la «NEHB yuh luh», noun, plural -lae «-lee», -las.
1. a mass of dust particles and gases or a cloudlike cluster of stars which occurs in interstellar space, very far away from our sun and its planets. A nebula may be either luminous or dark in appearance. Galactic nebulae are clouds of luminous gas and dust particles within our galaxy and comparable in size with it. Extragalactic nebulae are clusters of stars outside our Milky Way.
2. a) a cloudlike spot on the cornea of the eye. b) cloudiness of the urine.
[< Latin nebula mist, cloud]

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