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Vitreous humor - 5 dictionary results

vitreous humor

–noun Anatomy.
the transparent gelatinous substance filling the eyeball behind the crystalline lens.


Origin:
1655–65
vitreous humor  
n.  The clear gelatinous substance that fills the eyeball between the retina and the lens.

Main Entry: vitreous humor
Function: noun
: VITREOUS BODY

vitreous humor n.

  1. The clear gelatinous substance that fills the eyeball between the retina and the lens.
  2. The vitreous body.

vitreous humor  
The gelatinous substance that fills the chamber of the eye between the retina and the lens.
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