vitreous humour
Britishnoun
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This produces, what is a constant sign of cyclitis, more or less intransparency of the vitreous humour.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various
The one beyond this, and next the retina, is called the vitreous humour, from its resemblance to glass.
From The Boys' And Girls' Library by Various
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 glioma of the retina tends to grow into the vitreous humour and to perforate the globe.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
Hydrophthalmia, hī-drof-thal′mi-a, n. an increase in quantity of the aqueous or the vitreous humour.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
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