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AQUEOUS HUMOUR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does aqueous humour mean? 

AQUEOUS HUMOUR (noun)
  The noun AQUEOUS HUMOUR has 1 sense:

1. the limpid fluid within the eyeball between the cornea and the lensplay

  Familiarity information: AQUEOUS HUMOUR used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


AQUEOUS HUMOUR (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The limpid fluid within the eyeball between the cornea and the lens

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

aqueous humor; aqueous humour

Hypernyms ("aqueous humour" is a kind of...):

bodily fluid; body fluid; humor; humour; liquid body substance (the liquid parts of the body)


 Context examples 


The ciliary muscle is innervated by both the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems and acts to control the flow of aqueous humour into Schlemm's canal and changes the shape of the eye lens.

(Ciliary Muscle, NCI Thesaurus)



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