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Definition of Vitreous

1. Adjective. Of or relating to or constituting the vitreous humor of the eye. "The vitreous chamber"

2. Adjective. Relating to or resembling or derived from or containing glass. "Vitreous silica"

3. Adjective. (of ceramics) having the surface made shiny and nonporous by fusing a vitreous solution to it. "Hard vitreous china used for plumbing fixtures"

Definition of Vitreous

1. a. Consisting of, or resembling, glass; glassy; as, vitreous rocks.

2. a. Consisting of, or resembling, glass; glassy; as, vitreous rocks.

Definition of Vitreous

1. Adjective. Of, or resembling glass; glassy ¹

2. Adjective. Of, or relating to the vitreous humor of the eye ¹

3. Adjective. (context: of ceramics) having a shiny nonporous surface ¹

4. Adjective. (chemistry) Of a semi-crystalline substance where the atoms exhibit short-range order, but without the long-range order of a crystal ¹

5. Adjective. (context: physics dated) positive (of electric charge) ¹

6. Noun. (context: by elision) The vitreous humor. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Vitreous

1. the clear jelly that fills the eyeball [v -ES]

Medical Definition of Vitreous

1. Glasslike or hyaline, often used alone to designate the vitreous body of the eye (corpus vitreum). This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Vitreous

vitre-o-electic vitreal vitrectomies vitrectomy vitrein vitreitis vitrella vitrellae vitreo- vitreo-tapetoretinal dystrophy

vitreodentin vitreoretinal vitreoretinal choroidopathy syndrome vitreoretinal traction syndrome vitreoretinopathy vitreous (current term) vitreous bodies vitreous body vitreous camera vitreous cell

vitreous chamber of eye vitreous detachment vitreous haemorrhage vitreous hernia vitreous humor vitreous humour vitreous lamella vitreous membrane vitreous silica vitreous table

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