vitreous humour

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noun

1. the aqueous fluid contained within the interstices of the vitreous body

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Example Sentences

Sclerotic, retina, choroid, vitreous humour, lens, aqueous humour, all are present.

From On the Genesis of Species by Mivart, St. George

Hy′alite, a variety of opal like colourless gum; Hyalīt′is, inflammation of the vitreous humour; Hyalog′raphy, the art of engraving on glass.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 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

Then musc� volitantes, or shadows cast by motes in the vitreous humour upon the fibrous layer of the retina.

From Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death by Myers, F. W. H. (Frederic William Henry)

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