- vitreous chamber
- vitreous chamber n the space in the eyeball between the lens and the retina that is occupied by the vitreous body
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vitreous chamber of eye camera postrema bulbi oculi.
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Vitreous humour — The vitreous humour (British spelling) or vitreous humor (U.S. spelling) is the clear gel that fills the space between the lens and the retina of the eyeball of humans and other vertebrates. It is often referred to as the vitreous body or simply… … Wikipedia
vitreous humour — vitreous body the transparent jelly like material that fills the chamber behind the lens of the eye … The new mediacal dictionary
chamber — A compartment or enclosed space. SEE ALSO: camera. [L. camera] altitude c. a decompression c. for simulating a high altitude environment, particularly its low barometric pressure. SYN: high altitude c.. anechoic c. a room designed to absorb all… … Medical dictionary
vitreous humour — noun the clear colorless transparent jelly that fills the posterior chamber of the eyeball • Syn: ↑vitreous humor, ↑vitreous body • Hypernyms: ↑liquid body substance, ↑bodily fluid, ↑body fluid, ↑humor, ↑humour … Useful english dictionary
Vitreous — A clear, jelly like substance that fills the middle of the eye. Also called the vitreous humor, humor in medicine referring to a fluid (or semifluid) substance. * * * 1. Glassy; resembling glass. 2. SYN: v. body. [L. vitreus, glassy, fr. vitrum,… … Medical dictionary
vitreous-block glaucoma — postoperative glaucoma in which the vitreous body plugs the pupil, so that the aqueous humor, which is unable to move to the anterior chamber, forces the vitreous body and iris forward, producing occlusion of the chamber angle and eventually… … Medical dictionary
vitreous humor — noun the clear colorless transparent jelly that fills the posterior chamber of the eyeball • Syn: ↑vitreous humour, ↑vitreous body • Hypernyms: ↑liquid body substance, ↑bodily fluid, ↑body fluid, ↑humor, ↑humour … Useful english dictionary
vitreous body — noun the clear colorless transparent jelly that fills the posterior chamber of the eyeball • Syn: ↑vitreous humor, ↑vitreous humour • Hypernyms: ↑liquid body substance, ↑bodily fluid, ↑body fluid, ↑humor, ↑humour … Useful english dictionary
vitreous humor — (MOLLUSCA: Cephalopoda) A jelly like substance filling the posterior chamber of the eye … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
vitreous humour — the transparent jelly like material that fills the chamber behind the lens of the eye … Medical dictionary
