| NOUN | body | lens of the eye, lens, crystalline lens | biconvex transparent body situated behind the iris in the eye |
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| Meaning | biconvex transparent body situated behind the iris in the eye; its role (along with the cornea) is to focuses light on the retina. | |
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| Synonyms | lens, crystalline lens | |
| Part of | eye, oculus, optic | The organ of sight |
| Parts | lens capsule | A tenuous mesoblastic membrane surrounding the lens of the eye |
| lens cortex, cortex | The tissue that surrounds the lens nucleus | |
| Broader | organ | A fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function |
| Spanish | cristalino, lente | |
| Catalan | cristal·lí | |
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