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Noun: vitreous humour
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: vitreous humor)
  1. The clear colourless transparent jelly that fills the posterior chamber of the eyeball
    "Floaters in the vitreous humour are usually harmless";
    - vitreous humor [US], vitreous body

Derived forms: vitreous humours

Type of: bodily fluid, body fluid, humor [US], humour [Brit, Cdn], liquid body substance

Encyclopedia: Vitreous humour