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vitreous body

noun

  1. a transparent gelatinous substance, permeated by fine fibrils, that fills the interior of the eyeball between the lens and the retina
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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The vitreous body or humour is a jelly which fills all the contents of the eyeball behind the lens.

Closet bowls of today are made of vitreous body which does not permit crazing or discoloring of the ware.

The vitreous body plays a part in the refraction of the light.

This vitreous body is enclosed in an expansion of the optic nerve.

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