vitreous humour
Britishnoun
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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
The Vitreous Humour.—The vitreous humour loses its transparency owing to exudation from the inflamed ciliary body or choroid.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 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 Bell, Joseph
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
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 Bell, Joseph
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