vitreal
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- adjective
- /ˈvɪtriəl/
- Specialized
:
vitreo
- She looked through the vitreal lens, which made the landscape appear distorted.
Examples
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The doctor explained that the vitreal gel in the eye can change with age.
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Now, the breakdown of the vitreal gel is not that uncommon.
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Once the homosexuals started in there, they became vitreal like a piranha pool.
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We find in most autopsies that the cadaver no longer has a vitreal gel.
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Into the first he sticks a little miniature vacuum cleaner... a little pump, to suck out what's left of the vitreal gel.
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“Basically what's happened is that your vitreal gel... has broken down and decomposed in your left eye... and pulled away from the macula... which is the center of the retina and responsible for all detail in vision.
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As the vitreal body shrinks, it can cause vision problems for some people.
Synonyms
A thing that looks and feels like glass, smooth and shiny
How Glassy
Surface Forms
Morphology
vitreal = vitreous (transparent) = vitre + al
The adjective is formed by a regular suffixation from the glass-related adjective 'vitreous' (glassy) so the meaning 'relating to glass/vitreous body' follows directly.
Etymology
Vitreal comes from the Latin vitreus, from vitrum, meaning 'glass', and is the same root found in the English word vitrify. So vitreal means 'glass-like' and is used for the clear, jelly-like vitreous body of the eye that looks and acts like glass.