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AQUEOUS HUMOUR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does aqueous humour mean?
• AQUEOUS HUMOUR (noun)
The noun AQUEOUS HUMOUR has 1 sense:
1. the limpid fluid within the eyeball between the cornea and the lens
Familiarity information: AQUEOUS HUMOUR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The limpid fluid within the eyeball between the cornea and the lens
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
aqueous humor; aqueous humour
Hypernyms ("aqueous humour" is a kind of...):
bodily fluid; body fluid; humor; humour; liquid body substance (the liquid parts of the body)
Context examples
The ciliary muscle is innervated by both the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems and acts to control the flow of aqueous humour into Schlemm's canal and changes the shape of the eye lens.
(Ciliary Muscle, NCI Thesaurus)
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