vitreous humour

English

Alternative forms

• vitreous humor (US)

Noun

vitreous humour (plural vitreous humours)

1. (ophthalmology, British, 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／玻璃体 (zh) (bōlítǐ)

• Czech: sklivec (cs) 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)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: şileya şûşeyî f

• Latvian: stiklveida ķermenis m
• Malay: gelemaca
• Maori: piakamo
• Polish: ciało szkliste (pl) n
• Portuguese: humor vítreo m, corpo vítreo m
• Romanian: corp vitros (ro) n, umoare sticloasă (ro) f
• Russian: стеклови́дное те́ло n (steklovídnoje télo)
• Spanish: humor vítreo m
• Swedish: glaskropp (sv)
• Ukrainian: склови́дне ті́ло n (sklovýdne tílo), скли́сте ті́ло n (sklýste tílo)
• Welsh: hylif gwydrog m

See also

• aqueous humour