Vitreous Body

Definition: Vitreous Body

Vitreous Body

Noun

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

Specialty Definitions: Vitreous Body

Domain	Definitions
Health	The transparent, semigelatinous substance that fills the cavity behind the crystalline lens of the eye and in front of the retina. It is contained in a thin hyoid membrane and forms about four fifths of the optic globe. (references)
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Synonyms: Vitreous Body

Synonyms: vitreous humor (n), vitreous humour (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Vitreous Body

English words defined with "vitreous body": Spherulite. (references)

Specialty definitions using "vitreous body": anterior chamber, asteroid hyalitis ♦ benson, Benson's disease ♦ Campos ligament, ciliary zonule ♦ eye-lens ♦ hyaloid fossa ♦ lens of the eye, Lens Subluxation, Lens, Crystalline, ligament of Campos ♦ retinal epithelium, retinal pigmented epithelium ♦ Uveitis, Posterior ♦ Vitrectomy, Vitreous Detachment, Vitreous Hemorrhage ♦ zonule of Zinn. (references)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Vitreous Body

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
vitreous body	2
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Modern Translations: Vitreous Body

Language		Translations for "vitreous body"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Bulgarian		стъкловидно тяло (vitreous humor, vitreous humour), кристалин (lens). (various references)

Danish		glaslegemet, glaslegeme, corpus vitreum. (various references)

Dutch		glasvocht, glasachtig lichaam, corpus vitreum. (various references)

French		corps vitré (vitreous humour). (various references)

German		Glaskoerper, Corpus vitreum. (various references)

Greek		υαλώδες σώμα, υαλώδες υγρό. (various references)

Italian		corpo vitreo. (various references)

Pig Latin		itreousvay odybay

Portuguese		corpo vítreo. (various references)

Spanish		cuerpo vítreo (vitreous humour). (various references)

Swedish		glaskropp. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Vitreous Body

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
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