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vitreous cavity

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vitreous cavity
Etymology: L, vitreus, glassy, cavum, cavity
the cavity in the eye posterior to the lens that contains the vitreous body and vitreous membrane and is transected by the vestigial remnants of the hyaloid canal.


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