vitreous humour
Britishnoun
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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
Sclerotic, retina, choroid, vitreous humour, lens, aqueous humour, all are present.
From On the Genesis of Species by Mivart, St. George
The hollow of the ball is full of a jelly-like substance called the vitreous humour; and the cavity between the lens and the cornea is full of water.
From How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use by Williams, Archibald
From this artery, a small branch goes through the middle of the vitreous humour, and giving off branches on every side, expands itself upon the capsule of the crystalline lens.
From Popular Lectures on Zoonomia Or The Laws of Animal Life, in Health and Disease by Garnett, Thomas
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
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