vit·re·ous bod·y

[TA]

a transparent jellylike substance filling the interior of the eyeball behind the lens of the eye; it is composed of a delicate network (vitreous stroma) enclosing in its meshes a watery fluid (vitreous humor).

Synonym(s): corpus vitreum [TA], hyaloid body, vitreous (2) , vitreum

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vit·re·ous

(vit'rē-ŭs)

1. Glassy; resembling glass.

2. Synonym(s): vitreous body.

[L. vitreus, glassy, fr. vitrum, glass]

vit·re·ous bod·y

(vit'rē-ŭs bod'ē) [TA]

A transparent jellylike substance filling the interior of the eyeball behind the lens; it is composed of a delicate network (vitreous stroma) enclosing in its meshes a watery fluid (vitreous humor).
Synonym(s): corpus vitreum [TA] , hyaloid body, vitreous (2) , vitreum.

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