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vitreous humour

vitreous humour noun: the clear gel that fills the eyeball between the lens and the retina.

Noun

vitreous humour (plural vitreous humours)

  1. (Canada, UK) The clear gel that fills the eyeball between the lens and the retina.
    Synonyms:
    vitreous body

vitreous humour meaning in Tamil, Malay and Indonesian

vitreous humour in Tamil

கண்ணாடியுடனீர், பளிங்குத்தாது, விழிப் பின்னறை நீர்

vitreous humour in Malay

clear gel
gelemaca

vitreous humour in Indonesian

clear gel
cairan vitreus

Synonyms of vitreous humour

Forms of vitreous humour

pluralvitreous humours
alternative formvitreous humor

Words formed from vitreous humour

Questions about vitreous humour

What does vitreous humour mean?
Vitreous humour means the clear gel that fills the eyeball between the lens and the retina.
What is vitreous humour in Tamil?
Vitreous humour in Tamil is கண்ணாடியுடனீர், பளிங்குத்தாது, விழிப் பின்னறை நீர். See Vitreous humour meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is vitreous humour?
Vitreous humour is a noun.
What is the plural of vitreous humour?
The plural of vitreous humour is vitreous humours.

Words near vitreous humour in the dictionary

  1. vitreous enamel
  2. vitreous fluid
  3. vitreous fluids
  4. vitreous humor
  5. vitreous humors
  6. vitreous humour
  7. vitreous humours
  8. vitreous jellies
  9. vitreous jelly
  10. vitreous touch syndrome
  11. vitreouses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: vitreous humour (page history and authors); vitreous humour (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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