vitreous body

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vitreous body - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Vitreous \Vit"re*ous\, a. [L. vitreous, from vitrum glass;
     perhaps akin to videre to see (see Vision). Cf. Varnish.]
     1. Consisting of, or resembling, glass; glassy; as, vitreous
        rocks.
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     2. Of or pertaining to glass; derived from glass; as,
        vitreous electricity.
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     Vitreous body (Anat.), the vitreous humor. See the Note
        under Eye.
  
     Vitreous electricity (Elec.), the kind of electricity
        excited by rubbing glass with certain substances, as silk;
        positive electricity; -- opposed to resinous, or negative,
        electricity.
  
     Vitreous humor. (Anat.) See the Note under Eye.
  
     Vitreous sponge (Zool.), any one of numerous species of
        siliceous sponges having, often fibrous, glassy spicules
        which are normally six-rayed; a hexactinellid sponge. See
        Venus's basket, under Venus.
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vitreous body - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  vitreous body
      n 1: the clear colorless transparent jelly that fills the
           posterior chamber of the eyeball [syn: vitreous humor,
           vitreous humour, vitreous body]