VITREOUS HUMOUR
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
• VITREOUS HUMOUR (noun)
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)
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