vitreous humour

English

Alternative forms

vitreous humor (US)

Noun

vitreous humour (uncountable)

(ophthalmology, Britain, Canada) The clear gel that fills the eyeball between the lens and the retina.

Synonyms

vitreous body

Derived terms

vitrectomy

Translations

clear gel

Catalan: humor vitri m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 玻璃體 (zh), 玻璃体 (zh) (bōlítǐ)
Czech: sklivec m
Finnish: lasiainen (fi)
French: corps vitré (fr) m, humeur vitrée (fr) f, corps hyalin (fr) m
German: Glaskörper (de) m
Hungarian: üvegtest (hu)
Irish: lionn gloiní m
Japanese: 硝子体 (しょうしたい, shōshitai), ガラス体 (garasu-tai)

Latvian: stiklveida ķermenis m
Malay: gelemaca
Maori: piakamo
Polish: ciało szkliste (pl) n
Portuguese: humor vítreo m, corpo vítreo m
Russian: стеклови́дное те́ло n (steklovídnoje télo)
Spanish: humor vítreo m
Swedish: glaskropp (sv)
Ukrainian: скловидне тіло n (sklovýdne tílo), склисте тіло n (sklýste tílo)
Welsh: hylif gwydrog m

See also

aqueous humour

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