aqueous humour
Britishnoun
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The Aqueous Humour.—Intransparency of the aqueous humour is always due to some exudation.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various
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 ulcer widens and deepens, and sometimes eats through the cornea, and the aqueous humour escapes.
From The Dog by Youatt, William
He studied the habits of the rod-like organisms, and found the aqueous humour an ox's eye to be particularly suitable for their nutria.
From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by Tyndall, John
With a drop of the aqueous humour he mixed tiniest speck of a liquid containing the rods, placed the drop under his microscope, warmed it suitably, and observed the subsequent action.
From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by Tyndall, John
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