vitreous humor

noun Anatomy.

the transparent gelatinous substance filling the eyeball behind the crystalline lens.

Origin of vitreous humor

First recorded in 1655–65

Words nearby vitreous humor

vitreous, vitreous body, vitreous chamber of eye, vitreous detachment, vitreous hernia, vitreous humor, vitreous humour, vitreous membrane, vitreous silica, vitrescence, vitrescent

Medical definitions for vitreous humor

vitreous humor

n.

The clear gelatinous substance that fills the eyeball between the retina and the lens.
The vitreous body.

Scientific definitions for vitreous humor

vitreous humor

The gelatinous substance that fills the chamber of the eye between the retina and the lens.