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LENS CAPSULE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lens capsule mean? 

LENS CAPSULE (noun)
  The noun LENS CAPSULE has 1 sense:

1. a tenuous mesoblastic membrane surrounding the lens of the eyeplay

  Familiarity information: LENS CAPSULE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LENS CAPSULE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A tenuous mesoblastic membrane surrounding the lens of the eye

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("lens capsule" is a kind of...):

capsule (a structure that encloses a body part)

Holonyms ("lens capsule" is a part of...):

crystalline lens; lens; lens of the eye (biconvex transparent body situated behind the iris in the eye; its role (along with the cornea) is to focus light on the retina)


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