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Definition: Crystalline Lens |
Crystalline LensNoun1. Biconvex transparent body situated behind the iris in the eye; it focuses light waves on the retina. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Medicine | Lens: the --, a transparent organ lying behind the pupil and iris and in front of the large vitreous-filled cavity of the eye. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The biconvex, normally transparent and resilient, lenticular body directly behind the pupil of the eye and nested in the patellar fossa of the vitreous body. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Biconvex, normally transparent and resilient, lenticular body directly behind the pupil of the eye and nested in the patellar fossa of the vitreous body, having a relatively high index of refraction and an anterior surface whose convexity responds to ciliary muscle action. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: Crystalline LensSynonym: lens (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Crystalline Lens |
| English words defined with "crystalline lens": presbyope, presbyopia. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "crystalline lens": Aphakia, Postcataract, aqueous fluid ♦ cataractopiesis, Cataracts, congenita, crystalline humor ♦ ectopia lentis, ectopia lentis congenita, Egger line, equator of crystalline lens ♦ hague, Hague cataract lamp ♦ Lens Capsule, Crystalline, Lens Cortex, Crystalline, Lens Implantation, Intraocular, Lens Nucleus, Crystalline ♦ Purkinje-Sanson images. (references) |
Expression using "crystalline lens": equator of crystalline lens. Additional references. | |
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| Language | Translations for "crystalline lens"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | linseluksation (displacement of the crystalline lens), linseækvator (equator of crystalline lens), ækvator lentis (equator of crystalline lens). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | geluxeerde lens (displacement of the crystalline lens), aequator lentis (equator of crystalline lens). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | cristallin (crystalline), lens. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Lens crystallina (eye-lens, lens of the eye), Lens (eye-lens, lens of the eye), Kristallinse (eye-lens, lens of the eye), Augenlinse (eye-lens, intraocular lens, lens of the eye). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | παρεκτόπιση του κρυσταλλώδους φακού (displacement of the crystalline lens). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szemlencse (crystalline, eye-glass, eyepiece, ocular), emberi szemlencse. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | lussazione del cristallino (displacement of the crystalline lens), equatore del cristallino (equator of crystalline lens), aequator lentis (equator of crystalline lens). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 水晶" (the crystalline lens). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | すいしょうたい (the crystalline lens). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ystallinecray enslay cristalino (med.). (various references) cristalino (crystalline, lens). (various references) lens (contact lens), göz merceği (lens). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-i-l-l-l-n-n-r-s-s-t-y" | |
-4 letters: celestially, centralises, cleanliness, crystalline, crystallise, essentially, incessantly, insensately, intercensal, linecasters, literalness, lyricalness, necessarily, stencillers, transiences. | |
-5 letters: ancestries, cannisters, carelessly, cartelises, celestials, centralise, cleanliest, clientless, eyestrains, installers, interclass, interlaces, internally, larcenists, linecaster, nectarines, reinstalls, resistance, stencilers, stenciller, sterically, syncretise, tirelessly, transience, transiency, tyrannises. | |
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