vitreous humour
Britishnoun
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An outgrowth of brain substance, on the other hand, forms the retina, while a third process is a lateral ingrowth of connective tissue, which afterwards changes into the vitreous humour of the eye.
From On the Genesis of Species by St. George Mivart
Occasionally the lens, and even a little vitreous humour, may escape at once on the section being completed, but this is not to be desired. b.
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
Müller himself had not only recognised the cellular nature of the notochord, but had observed the cells of the vitreous humour, fat cells and pigment cells, and even the nuclei of cartilage cells.
From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
Sclerotic, retina, choroid, vitreous humour, lens, aqueous humour, all are present.
From On the Genesis of Species by St. George Mivart
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