vitreous humor
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of vitreous humor
First recorded in 1655–65
Example Sentences
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The treatment we received for our detached retina was an operation called a vitrectomy, which entails the removal of the vitreous humor from the eyeball’s posterior chamber.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2015
The posterior cavity is filled with a more viscous fluid called the vitreous humor.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
As for the inside, where the vitreous humor may become clouded or lost through injury, one surgeon is using a synthetic like molasses in January.
From Time Magazine Archive
The vitreous humor, the substance that fills two-thirds of the eyeball, is vital to vision.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is imbedded in the anterior part of the vitreous humor, from which it is separated by a thin membrane, and is invested by a transparent elastic membrane, called the capsule of the lens.
From A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) by Cutter, Calvin
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