vitreous humour
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Hydrophthalmia, hī-drof-thal′mi-a, n. an increase in quantity of the aqueous or the vitreous humour.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
The one beyond this, and next the retina, is called the vitreous humour, from its resemblance to glass.
From The Boys' And Girls' Library by Various
Occasionally the lens, and even a little vitreous humour, may escape at once on the section being completed, but this is not to be desired. b.
From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Joseph Bell
Removal of the Lens.—This must be done with the most extreme caution and gentleness, lest the vitreous humour be also evacuated.
From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Joseph Bell
Hy′alite, a variety of opal like colourless gum; Hyalīt′is, inflammation of the vitreous humour; Hyalog′raphy, the art of engraving on glass.—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
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