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| Domain | Definition |
Health | The space in front of the iris and behind the cornea. (references) |
Medicine | Light rays entering the eye pass successively through the cornea, the --, the pupil of the iris, the lens, the posterior chamber, and the vitreous body before forming an image on the retinal surface. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Crosswords: ANTERIOR CHAMBER |
| English words defined with "ANTERIOR CHAMBER": canal of Schlemm ♦ Schlemm's canal, sinus venosus sclerae. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "ANTERIOR CHAMBER": anterior camera oculi, anterior chamber of the eye ♦ corneal fistula ♦ Glaucoma, Angle-Closure, Glaucoma, Neovascular, Glaucoma, Open-Angle, Goldmann contact lens, gonioscope, Gonioscopy, goniotomy ♦ hypopyon, hypopyum ♦ iridis ♦ Lens Subluxation ♦ Trabecular Meshwork ♦ Uveitis, Anterior. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | In many people, increased pressure inside the eye causes glaucoma. In the front of the eye is a space called the anterior chamber. A clear liquid flows continuously in and out of this space and nourishes nearby tissues. Credit: National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | In the front of the eye is a space called the anterior chamber. (references) | |
The fluid leaves the anterior chamber at the angle where the cornea and iris meet (see diagram). (references) | ||
Open-angle glaucoma gets its name because the angle that allows fluid to drain out of the anterior chamber is open. However, for unknown reasons, the fluid passes too slowly through the meshwork drain. (references) | ||
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Expressions using "ANTERIOR CHAMBER": anterior chamber of eye ♦ anterior chamber of the eye. Additional references. | |
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| Expression | Frequency per Day |
anterior chamber intraocular lens | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "ANTERIOR CHAMBER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Danish | forreste oejenkammer (anterior camera oculi, anterior chamber of the eye), camera bulbi anterior (anterior camera oculi, anterior chamber of the eye). (various references) | ||||||||||
Dutch | voorste oogkamer (anterior camera oculi, anterior chamber of the eye), camera oculi anterior (anterior camera oculi, anterior chamber of the eye). (various references) | ||||||||||
French | chambre antérieure. (various references) | ||||||||||
German | Augenkammer (anterior chamber of eye, chamber of the eye, chambers of the eye, posterior chamber of eye), vordere Augenkammer (anterior camera oculi, anterior chamber of the eye), Camera oculi anterior (anterior camera oculi, anterior chamber of the eye), Camera oculi (anterior chamber of eye, chamber of the eye, chambers of the eye, posterior chamber of eye), Camera bulbi anterior (anterior camera oculi, anterior chamber of the eye), Camera bulbi (anterior chamber of eye, chamber of the eye, chambers of the eye, posterior chamber of eye), Camera aquosa (anterior chamber of eye, chamber of the eye, chambers of the eye, posterior chamber of eye). (various references) | ||||||||||
Greek | πρόσθιος θάλαμος. (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | anterioray amberchay cámara anterior del ojo (anterior camera oculi, anterior chamber of the eye). (various references) | ||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-e-e-h-i-m-n-o-r-r-r-t" | |
-4 letters: amenorrheic, antechamber, cerebration, torchbearer, trainbearer. | |
-5 letters: aberration, abhorrence, abreaction, amenorrhea, archentera, bacteremia, barometric, bichromate, brachiator, carabineer, carabinero, catarrhine, charioteer, crematoria, hibernator, maceration, machinator, marathoner, recreation. | |
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