vitreous
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9.6
- adjective
- /ˈvɪtriəs/
- Specialized
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vitreo
- You may need to tease the vitreous humor gently away from the lining of the eye.
- vitreous lens
The most notable are large floaters that we call a posterior vitreous detachment or a PVD.
- The most notable are large floaters that we call a posterior vitreous detachment or a PVD.
- So you have this bag that starts to pull away from the retina itself, and that's the beginnings of a posterior vitreous detachment.
Examples
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More specifically, light entering the eye passes through the cornea, the aqueous humor, the lens, and the vitreous humor.
Academic text (2003) -
The most notable are large floaters that we call a posterior vitreous detachment or a PVD.
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Let the vitreous humor and any associated structure...
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The vitreous fluid is, of course, muddier than a living being.
Fiction book (1996) -
Vitreous debris was commonly noted on examination.
Academic text (2014) -
The green light gives a vitreous sheen to her left eyeball.
Fiction book (1994) -
The vitreous body was diffusely tinged with blood.
Academic text (2006) -
Lyme disease produces a characteristic vitreous inflammatory response.
Academic text (1991) -
Despite the density of vitreous opacities in many cases of posterior uveitis, vision is not greatly improved when the opacities are removed by vitrectomy.
Academic text (1991) -
The vitreous humor helps maintain the shape of the eyeball and supports the retina.
Synonyms
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9.9
Of the clear jelly inside the eye that looks like glass
Compounds
- Specialized
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7.3
A clear jelly that fills the space between the lens and the back of the eye
- Specialized
1
8.6
A clear jelly that fills the space between the lens and the back of the eye
How Clear
Surface Forms
Morphology
vitreous = vitre + ous
The sense referring to the vitreous humor is a specialized anatomical usage; because the combining form 'vitre-' is not a familiar English base, the relation to 'glassy' is not transparent for average learners.
Etymology
Vitreous comes from the same Latin vitreus meaning 'glass', because the clear gel in the eye looks like glass. So the vitreous body or humor is the 'glass-like' jelly that fills the inside of the eye.