VITREOUS HUMOUR

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

vitreous body; vitreous humor; vitreous humour

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("vitreous humour" is a kind of...):

bodily fluid; body fluid; humor; humour; liquid body substance (the liquid parts of the body)

Meronyms (substance of "vitreous humour"):

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)

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