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The clear gel that fills the eyeball between the lens and the retina.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, UK
Topics: medicine, ophthalmology, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
the clear colorless transparent jelly that fills the posterior chamber of the eyeball
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: vitreous humor, vitreous body
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: liquid body substance, bodily fluid, body fluid, humor, humour
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
31 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
humor vitri
— clear gel
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Chinese Mandarin:
玻璃體 /玻璃体
(bōlítǐ)
— clear gel
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Czech:
sklivec
— clear gel
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Finnish:
lasiainen
— clear gel
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French:
corps vitré
— clear gel
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French:
humeur vitrée
— clear gel
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French:
corps hyalin
— clear gel
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German:
Glaskörper
— clear gel
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Hungarian:
üvegtest
— clear gel
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Indonesian:
cairan vitreus
— clear gel
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Irish:
lionn gloiní
— clear gel
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Italian:
corpo vitreo
— clear gel
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Italian:
umore vitreo
— clear gel
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Japanese:
硝子体
(shōshitai)
— clear gel
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Japanese:
ガラス体
(garasu-tai)
— clear gel
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Northern Kurdish:
şileya şûşeyî
— clear gel
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Latvian:
stiklveida ķermenis
— clear gel
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Malay:
gelemaca
— clear gel
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Māori:
piakamo
— clear gel
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Polish:
ciało szkliste
— clear gel
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Portuguese:
humor vítreo
— clear gel
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Portuguese:
corpo vítreo
— clear gel
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Romanian:
corp vitros
— clear gel
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Romanian:
umoare sticloasă
— clear gel
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Russian:
стеклови́дное те́ло
(steklovídnoje télo)
— clear gel
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Spanish:
humor vítreo
— clear gel
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Swedish:
glaskropp
— clear gel
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Turkish:
camsı sıvı
— clear gel
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Ukrainian:
склови́дне ті́ло
(sklovýdne tílo)
— clear gel
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Ukrainian:
скли́сте ті́ло
(sklýste tílo)
— clear gel
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Welsh:
hylif gwydrog
— clear gel