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VITREOUS BODY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vitreous body mean? 

VITREOUS BODY (noun)
  The noun VITREOUS BODY has 1 sense:

1. the clear colorless transparent jelly that fills the posterior chamber of the eyeballplay

  Familiarity information: VITREOUS BODY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


VITREOUS BODY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The clear colorless transparent jelly that fills the posterior chamber of the eyeball

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

vitreous body; vitreous humor; vitreous humour

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)


 Context examples 


The administration of a drug within the vitreous body of the eye.

(Intravitreal Route of Administration, NCI Thesaurus)

Administration within the vitreous body of the eye.

(Intravitreal Route of Administration, Food and Drug Administration/CDISC)

In dislocation, or complete rupture, the lens is displaced forward into the anterior chamber or backward into the vitreous body.

(Lens Subluxation, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)



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