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VITREOUS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of ceramics) having the surface made shiny and nonporous by fusing a vitreous solution to it
Example:
hard vitreous china used for plumbing fixtures
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
glazed; shiny (having a shiny surface or coating)
Domain category:
ceramics (the art of making and decorating pottery)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Relating to or resembling or derived from or containing glass
Example:
vitreous silica
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
glass (a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Of or relating to or constituting the vitreous humor of the eye
Example:
the vitreous chamber
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
vitreous humor (the clear colorless transparent jelly that fills the posterior chamber of the eyeball)
Context examples:
The spots are shadows of opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humor or lens.
(Floaters, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)
A glucosaminoglycan consisting of D-glucuronic acid and N-acetyl-D-glucosamine disaccharide units that is a component of connective tissue, skin, vitreous humour, umbilical cord, synovial fluid and the capsule of certain microorganisms contributing to adhesion, elasticity, and viscosity of extracellular substances.
(Hyaluronic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)
Retinopathy associated with diabetes mellitus, which may be of the background type, progressively characterized by microaneurysms, interretinal punctuate macular edema, or of the proliferative type, characterized by neovascularization of the retina and optic disk, which may project into the vitreous, proliferation of fibrous tissue, vitreous hemorrhage, and retinal detachment.
(Diabetic Retinopathy, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
