aqueous humour
1aqueous humour — ► NOUN ▪ the clear fluid in the eyeball in front of the lens …
2aqueous humour — noun the limpid fluid within the eyeball between the cornea and the lens • Syn: ↑aqueous humor • Hypernyms: ↑liquid body substance, ↑bodily fluid, ↑body fluid, ↑humor, ↑humour * * * aqueous humour …
3Aqueous humour — The aqueous humor is a thick watery substance that is between the lens and the cornea.LocationsThe anterior segment is the front third of the eye that includes the structures in front of the vitreous humor: the cornea, iris, ciliary body, and… …
4aqueous humour — ▪ physiology optically clear, slightly alkaline liquid that occupies the anterior and posterior chambers of the eye (eye, human) (the space in front of the iris and lens and the ringlike space encircling the lens). The aqueous humour… …
5aqueous humour — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms aqueous humour : singular aqueous humour plural aqueous humours medical the transparent liquid that fills the eye between the back of the cornea and the front of the iris and lens …
6aqueous humour — noun The clear, watery fluid that fills the front of the eye between the cornea and the vitreous humour …
7aqueous humour — the watery fluid that fills the chamber of the eye immediately behind the cornea and in front of the lens. It is continually being formed chiefly by capillaries of the ciliary processes and it drains away into Schlemm s canal, at the junction of… …
8aqueous humour — noun the clear fluid in the eyeball in front of the lens …
9aqueous humour — the watery fluid that fills the chamber of the eye immediately behind the cornea and in front of the lens. It is continually being formed – chiefly by capillaries of the ciliary processes – and it drains away into Schlemm s canal, at the junction …
10aqueous humour — /ˌækwiəs ˈhjumə/ (say .akweeuhs hyoohmuh) noun the limpid watery fluid which fills the space between the cornea and the crystalline lens in the eye …
