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VITREOUS HUMOUR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does vitreous humour mean?
• VITREOUS HUMOUR (noun)
The noun VITREOUS HUMOUR has 1 sense:
1. the clear colorless transparent jelly that fills the posterior chamber of the eyeball
Familiarity information: VITREOUS HUMOUR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The clear colorless transparent jelly that fills the posterior chamber of the eyeball
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
vitreous body; vitreous humor; vitreous humour
Hypernyms ("vitreous humour" is a kind of...):
bodily fluid; body fluid; humor; humour; liquid body substance (the liquid parts of the body)
Meronyms (substance of "vitreous humour"):
hyaluronic acid (a viscous mucopolysaccharide found in the connective tissue space and the synovial fluid of movable joints and the humors of the eye; a cementing and protective substance)
Context examples
A glucosaminoglycan consisting of D-glucuronic acid and N-acetyl-D-glucosamine disaccharide units that is a component of connective tissue, skin, vitreous humour, umbilical cord, synovial fluid and the capsule of certain microorganisms contributing to adhesion, elasticity, and viscosity of extracellular substances.
(Hyaluronic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)
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