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Noun: lens capsule
  1. A tenuous mesoblastic membrane surrounding the lens of the eye
    "The lens capsule helps maintain the shape of the lens and allows nutrients to pass through"

Derived forms: lens capsules

Type of: capsule

Part of: crystalline lens, lens, lens of the eye

Encyclopedia: Lens capsule