CILIARY PROCESSES
\sˈɪli͡əɹɪ pɹˈə͡ʊsɛsɪz], \sˈɪliəɹɪ pɹˈəʊsɛsɪz], \s_ˈɪ_l_iə_ɹ_ɪ p_ɹ_ˈəʊ_s_ɛ_s_ɪ_z]\
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Triangular folds, sixty or eighty in number, placed at the side of each other, and radiating, so as to resemble the disk of a radiated flower. They are lodged in depressions at the anterior part of the vitreous humour. The uses of these processes are not known.
By Robley Dunglison
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Snake's-head
- Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.