aqueous humour
Britishnoun
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This must be very gently withdrawn so as to retain as much aqueous humour as possible.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 Joseph Bell
There are also three refracting media, the aqueous humour, the lens and the vitreous humour or body.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various
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
On withdrawing the cataract knife, the aqueous humour gets out by its side, aided by a slight turn of the knife, sometimes with great force, and in much larger quantity than usual.
From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Joseph Bell
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 John Tyndall
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