CORPUS VITREUM
\kˈɔːpəs vɪtɹˈiːəm], \kˈɔːpəs vɪtɹˈiːəm], \k_ˈɔː_p_ə_s v_ɪ_t_ɹ_ˈiː__ə_m]\
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The transparent mass, of a gelatinous consistence, which fills the eye, behind the crystalline. It is contained in cells, formed by the tunica hyaloidea.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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Syn. : hyaloid body, vitreous body. One of the transparent media, or so-called humors, of the eye lying between the lens, the suspensory ligament, and the retina. It is a flattened spheroid, with a depression in front, called the lenticular fossa. A canal runs through its center from the optic nerve to the lens, which contains the remains of the hyaline artery of the fetal life.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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