vitreous
Americanadjective
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of the nature of or resembling glass, as in transparency, brittleness, hardness, glossiness, etc..
vitreous china.
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of or relating to glass.
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obtained from or containing glass.
adjective
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of, relating to, or resembling glass
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made of, derived from, or containing glass
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of or relating to the vitreous humour or vitreous body
Other Word Forms
- subvitreous adjective
- subvitreously adverb
- subvitreousness noun
- unvitreosity noun
- unvitreous adjective
- unvitreously adverb
- unvitreousness noun
- vitreosity noun
- vitreously adverb
- vitreousness noun
Etymology
Origin of vitreous
1640–50; < Latin vitreus, equivalent to vitr ( um ) glass + -eus -eous
Example Sentences
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The procedure begins with a vitrectomy, where the eye's vitreous gel is removed from between the lens and the retina.
From Science Daily
The vitreous body is a gel-like substance that occupies the space between the lens and retina, contributing to the eye's structural integrity.
From Science Daily
In fact, London’s metropolitan government recently moved downstream to another vitreous structure — more angular and less vulnerable to anatomical nicknames — alongside the Royal Victoria Dock.
From New York Times
Finally, in the normally clear fluid that filled the eye itself, a thick gel called the vitreous, Rodriguez could see tiny white specks.
From New York Times
The key difference is that these retinal neurons, right against the jellylike vitreous of the eyeball, live and die where scientists can see them.
From Washington Post
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