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aqueous humour

noun

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


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There are also three refracting media, the aqueous humour, the lens and the vitreous humour or body.

The composition of the vitreous is practically the same as that of the aqueous humour.

The aqueous humour (fig. 1, aq) is contained between the lens and its ligament posteriorly and the cornea anteriorly.

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

This must be very gently withdrawn so as to retain as much aqueous humour as possible.

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