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aqueous humour

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noun

  1. physiol the watery fluid within the eyeball between the cornea and the lens

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Another case was that of a young man who had lost his sight by the puncture of an awl, and the discharge of the aqueous humour through the wound.

From Evidence of Christianity by Paley, William

The aqueous humour should not escape till the section is completed.

From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Bell, Joseph

This must be very gently withdrawn so as to retain as much aqueous humour as possible.

From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Bell, Joseph

The pupil must then be kept freely dilated, the wound heals at once, and the aqueous humour reaccumulates.

From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Bell, Joseph

The skin in front of the future eye becomes depressed, the depression increases and assumes the form of a sac, which changes into the aqueous humour and lens.

From On the Genesis of Species by Mivart, St. George

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