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vitreous_humour

vitreous humour

English

Alternative forms

vitreous humor (US)

Noun

vitreous humour ‎(uncountable)

(ophthalmology, Britain, Canada) The clear gel that fills the eyeball between the lens and the retina.

Synonyms

vitreous body

Derived terms

vitrectomy

Translations

clear gel

Catalan: humor vitri m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 玻璃體 (zh), 玻璃体 (zh) ‎(bōlítǐ)
Czech: sklivec m
Finnish: lasiainen (fi)
French: corps vitré (fr) m, humeur vitrée (fr) f, corps hyalin (fr) m
German: Glaskörper (de) m
Japanese: 硝子体 ‎(しょうしたい, shōshitai), ガラス体 ‎(garasu-tai)

Latvian: stiklveida ķermenis m
Malay: gelemaca
Maori: piakamo
Polish: ciało szkliste (pl) n
Portuguese: humor vítreo m, corpo vítreo m
Russian: стеклови́дное те́ло n ‎(steklovídnoje télo)
Spanish: humor vítreo m
Swedish: glaskropp (sv)
Ukrainian: скловидне тіло n ‎(sklovýdne tílo), склисте тіло n ‎(sklýste tílo)

See also

aqueous humour