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LENS CAPSULE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lens capsule mean?
• LENS CAPSULE (noun)
The noun LENS CAPSULE has 1 sense:
1. a tenuous mesoblastic membrane surrounding the lens of the eye
Familiarity information: LENS CAPSULE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A tenuous mesoblastic membrane surrounding the lens of the eye
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("lens capsule" is a kind of...):
capsule (a structure that encloses a body part)
Holonyms ("lens capsule" is a part of...):
crystalline lens; lens; lens of the eye (biconvex transparent body situated behind the iris in the eye; its role (along with the cornea) is to focus light on the retina)
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