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VITREOUS BODY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The clear colorless transparent jelly that fills the posterior chamber of the eyeball
Synonyms:
vitreous body; vitreous humor; vitreous humour
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("vitreous body" is a kind of...):
bodily fluid; body fluid; humor; humour; liquid body substance (the liquid parts of the body)
Meronyms (substance of "vitreous body"):
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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