Noun: vitreous humor
Usage: US (elsewhere: vitreous humour)
Usage: US (elsewhere: vitreous humour)
- The clear colorless transparent jelly that fills the posterior chamber of the eyeball
"Floaters in the vitreous humor are usually harmless";
- vitreous humour [Brit, Cdn], vitreous body
Derived forms: vitreous humors
Type of: bodily fluid, body fluid, humor [US], humour [Brit, Cdn], liquid body substance
Encyclopedia: Vitreous humor