LENS CORTEX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lens cortex mean? 

• LENS CORTEX (noun)
  The noun LENS CORTEX has 1 sense:

1. the tissue that surrounds the lens nucleus

  Familiarity information: LENS CORTEX used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LENS CORTEX (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The tissue that surrounds the lens nucleus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

cortex; lens cortex

Hypernyms ("lens cortex" is a kind of...):

animal tissue (the tissue in the bodies of animals)

Holonyms ("lens cortex" 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)